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Civilution Congress 2014 CESA: A CODESA of Infrastructure
Procurement
Panel DiscussionInfrastructure Procurement Civilution : Outcomes and Benefits to Society
Sustainability: Social, Economic and Environmental
Rodney [email protected]
• How can engineering services deliver value to participants in the process of delivery of engineering and infrastructure projects?
• job creation, transformation, skills development, contractor development, etc.
• The Three Trillion Question – What do we need to do differently?• a comparative assessment
Consulting Engineers of South AfricaProblem Statement
Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement
• How to effectively optimise the use of procurement of infrastructure to support, facilitate and achieve government’s socio-economic objectives with special reference to development and empowerment
• Development and empowerment are not an option but rather an imperative in a developmental state such as South Africa:• must be a cost / value threshold
Consulting Engineers of South Africacidb Practice Note; Balancing Delivery Development and Empowerment (draft)
Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement
• The Gauteng Schools example
• Key is to identify the most appropriate and affordable balance between competing objectives: • time, cost, quality• developmental outcomes
Consulting Engineers of South AfricaCompeting Objectives
Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement
• Labour intensive construction• Local Economic Development• Business opportunities for targeted sectors• Enterprise support and development programmes• Skills development opportunities to targeted labour• Primary health care programmes for construction
workers• etc.
Consulting Engineers of South AfricaContract Participation Goals
Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement
• Identify and decide on developmental objectives:• ideally this should be done in a participatory process
involving relevant stakeholders
• Set clear measurable targets
• Undertake a comparative assessment of developmental potential of various procurement strategies
Consulting Engineers of South AfricaIdentify and Commit to Objectives
Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement
• Final decision must remain with the client:• transparent
• Marginal or no cost increase?
Consulting Engineers of South AfricaConcluding Comments
Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement
THANK YOU Rodney [email protected]