“The total cost of equipment for the Nasrec field hospital is R24.1m, which is also likely to be about double what it should have cost. It includes, for instance, R18,000 spent on 40 wall clocks for R450 each.”
Bloom said he hoped that the Special Investigating Unit would investigate these contracts and the Competition Commission would probe the prices - and that cash would be recovered.allegations of tender irregularities involving personal protective equipment .were under investigation over Covid-19 tenders in the province.
Approached for comment on the procurement of beds at Nasrec, Gauteng health spokesperson Kwara Kekana said: “We haven't bought any beds but entered into a service-level agreement through the Gauteng department of infrastructure for full on-boarding services.” She referred further questions to the provincial infrastructure department. The department had not responded to questions by the time of publication on Wednesday night.
MEC for infrastructure Tasneem Motara said in video posted on Twitter during a tour of the Nasrec field hospital before its completion that the facility would have 2,200 beds.
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