National Treasury

On 26 July 2021, Mr Vally sent General Khan a list of the 23 bidders for the autoparts tender, including his own company Kaizen MSD at number 13 and competitor AHK Motorspares at number 2, which was a publicly published National Treasury document.

“Mr Vally sends General Khan a list of the bidders for the autoparts tender ... a list of 23 submissions ... Mr Vally's submission is at number 13, Kaizen MSD... At number 2, you will see AHK motor spares ... It is a National Treasury document, published publicly.”

On 6 September 2021, Mr Vally sends General Khan a letter from the Acting Chief Director for Transversal Contracting with National Treasury citing missing documents required.

“On 6 September 2021, 5336, what you see on this page is that Mr Vally sends General Khan a letter from the acting Chief Director for Transversal Contracting with the National Treasury and what the letter says is that there are missing documents that they require them.”

The letter points to missing information related to accredited distributors and requires confirmation from manufacturers for parts or tools as per the contract bidding document clause 6.1.

“Basically what the letter refers to is missing information in relation to distributors and the letter says should they be accredited distributors... Please provide us with confirmation from manufacturers of the parts or tools in question as per the above mentioned clause.”

The tender adjudication process involves discussions that may include persons within National Treasury, with information being passed that is not publicly available.

“The point I am making about it is that on the face of it, it suggests that someone else who is reporting, this person who is reporting, or who is forwarding this text, in fact has got another person that they are talking to, possibly in National Treasury, who is giving them this kind of information, because this does not look like publicly available information.”

Kaizen MSD submitted a letter to National Treasury requesting variation of some contract terms due to COVID-related supply shortages of original equipment manufacturer parts.

“Letter from Kaizen to National Treasury ... request or a plea to vary some of the terms of the contract because of the COVID pandemic and the shortage of supply from parts that are meant to be, so basically OE, Original Equipment Manufacturer parts.”

The SAPS vehicle parts procurement tender was done through National Treasury because it is a transversal contract covering multiple provinces and centralized there.

“This tender relates to SAPS vehicles but was done through the National Treasury ... because it is a transversal contract ... It is centralized in National Treasury and is for procurement for SAPS but across provinces.”

Mr Sayed requested General Khan to find out under what name transversal contracts were saved, referring to General Fani Molefe, employed at National Treasury in a senior procurement position at the time.

“Mr Sayed asks: 'Bro, please ask Fani what name was the transversal contracts saved under?' ... He was employed in National Treasury in a senior procurement position.”

The SAPS internal letter signed by Lieutenant General RIT specified that future surgical mask procurement would occur through the National Treasury contract and there would be no further emergency procurement.

“It is a protocol for containment of COVID and it says that this is approval for all SAPS employees to use both masks when wearing uniforms... (letter) said there will not be any further emergency procurement, but instead the procurement of the surgical masks will be sourced through the National Treasury contract... The letter was by the Divisional Commissioner for Supply Chain Management, RIT, addressed internally to all sections within SAPS only.”

General Khan and General Fani were involved in an IT contract between the National Treasury and Cyberia in 2021.

“a n d w h a t w e w i l l s e e i s a g a i n t h e i n v o l v e m e n t o f G e n e r a l K h a n t h r o u g h G e n e r a l F a n i”

Mr Sayed shared documents related to the National Treasury and Cyberia master contract with General Khan in June 2021.

“M r S a y e d s h a r e s w i t h G e n e r a l K h a n , a n d a f t e r h e s e n d s t h e s e d o c u m e n t s , h e s a y s : " J o s i e s e n t m e ."”

Bobby Maake was a Treasury official in 2021.

“Bobby Maake was a Treasury official.”

General Khan participated in a private commercial effort concerning Cyberia's master agreement with National Treasury, acting as an intermediary to connect parties for the contract's successful conclusion.

“General Khan participated in this private commercial effort concerning Cyberia's master agreement with National Treasury,... General Khan facilitated or arranged meetings between Pilot and other members, including Mr Sayed and Josie... that General Khan has transmitted information from General Fani and himself about internal SAPS communication.”

The tender RT45/2021 concerns the supply and delivery of automotive parts and tools to the state for 36 months with a closing date of 31 May 2021, issued by National Treasury.

“special conditions of contract ... for the supply and delivery of automotive parts and tools to the state for a period of 36 months ... The closing date on the tender is 31 May 2021 ... issued by National Treasury”

General Khan received the draft internal document (version 3) containing special conditions of contract for the tender RT45/2021 through Mr Molefe Fani in Treasury.

“I surmise that this PDF document was shared with Mr Khan by somebody else in Treasury, and I believe it is Molefe Fani ... So he says: "This oui is on top of his game."”

The Bid Evaluation Committee excludes bidders who are registered as restricted or blacklisted suppliers by the National Treasury and those who are state employees.

“From a pre-compliance perspective, we check whether the company declared CSD number. This is to confirm whether they are registered on the National Treasury's Centralised Supplier Database... They are suppliers who are blacklisted from doing business with the state... Second component is state employees. We do not do business with state employees.”