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Draft Eshs Report SN28102022 - FM - 15112022
Draft Eshs Report SN28102022 - FM - 15112022
OCTOBER 2022
Table of Contents
1.0 Background..................................................................................................................3
2.0 Methodology................................................................................................................4
2.2 Sample.........................................................................................................................4
Since the Financial Year 2018/19 when the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer
Reform Program for results was started in selected districts, Environmental, safety
health and social safeguards were mainstreamed in the public procurement of works
contracts in Local government Entities with guidelines developed by an interagency
taskforce, disseminations conducted for all implementing Agencies and subsequently,
the PPDA revised the Standard Bidding Documents for works to incorporate the
provisions on ESHS.
2.0 Methodology
The study was conducted in-house by the staff of the Public Procurement and Disposal
of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) under the guidance of the PPDA Research unit which
was charged with development of the data collection tools, data quality assurance and
production of the report.
2.2 Sample
The study was conducted in 100 Local Government PDEs. These PDEs have been
randomly selected to include Entities implementing UGIFT projects, those that have
implemented a UGIFT Project before and those scheduled to implement a UGIFT
project in future as well as those not implementing UGIFT projects. The detailed list of
Entities sampled is contained as Annex 1.
Frequenc %ag
Position y e
Contracts Committee Member 3 3
District Community Development Officer 14 14
District Environmental Officer 15 15
District Health Officer 12 12
Head Procurement and Disposal Unit 56 56
TOTAL 100 100
Out of the total 100 respondents, the majority, 56 (56%) of them were Head
Procurement and Disposal Unit (HPDU), 15 (15%) were District Environmental Officers,
14 (14%) were District Community Development Officers, 12 (12%) were District Health
Officers and 3 (3%) were Contracts Committee Members.
From the study findings, 56 (56%) of the PDEs are using the revised new SBDs for
works while the remaining 44 (44%) of them are not using the new SBD for works.
A Graph on the Extent of Uptake of ESHS Provisions
No 44
Series1
Yes 56
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
The above result is explained by the fact that most PDEs are only using the new SBD
for works on UGIFT funded projects and not other projects such as GOU funded
projects
Respon Frequen
se cy %age
Yes 32 32
No 68 68
TOTAL 100 100
From the study findings, 32 (32%) of the respondents had been trained on ESHS
provisions while the remaining 68 (68%) of them had not been trained on ESHS
provisions. The training Entities were mainly, PPDA, MOFPED, MOGLSD, MOWE and
NEMA
Training on ESHS Provisions
Yes
32%
No
68%
Findings on extent of utilization of the revised SBD and the uptake of the ESHS
provisions
i) Entities were using the revised SBD for works projects for UGIFT funded projects
and not GOU or other projects not funded by UGIFT
ii) Key staff as the HPDU in the districts visited indicated that they were familiar with
the Environmental, Social, Health and Safety (ESHS) provisions in the
procurement of works projects and had received training from the Authority and
other Government Agencies. Other stakeholders like CC, DEO and DHO were
not as conversant.
iii) Successful bidders were not furnishing the PDEs with ESHS Performance
Security in the amount stipulated in the SCC.
iv) Some PDEs were not using the services of a suitably qualified environmental,
social, health and safety specialist/s to prepare the specifications for ESHS
working and Health and safety especially for non-UGIFT funded projects.
3.4 Recommendations on how to improve the uptake of ESHS provisions
i) There is need to train more PDE staff, District Environmental Officers,
Community Development Officers and CC members on the ESHS provisions.
ii) Enforce submission of the ESHS Performance Security by the bidders as the
bidding document state that failure by the successful Bidder to submit an ESHS
Performance Security, shall constitute sufficient ground for annulment of the
contract award among other sanctions.
iii) The Project Managers should ensure that the Contractors submits for approval,
and subsequently implement, the Environment and Social Management Plan
submitted in the bid that includes the Strategies and Implementation Plans. The
Project Manager should not approve payment if ESHS provisions are not
implemented.
iv) Entities should include an Environment and or Health Specialist from the drafting
of the biding document to project implementation.