vear: 02 EXAMINATION: ‘Tshwane University of Technology [STRATEGIC PROCURENENT MANAGEMENT femov QUALIFICATIONS): | ADVANCED IPLOWA W SUPPLY MRBINGEMENT PAPER DESCRIPTION: Closed ook DURATION: 3 Hes PAPER: Only ‘SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS NONE [NON- PROGRAMMABLE POCKET CALCULATOR SSGENTIFIC CALCULATOR ‘COMPUTER ANSWER SHEET ‘DRAWING INSTRUMENTS. oooogo: TOTALNUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVERPAGE: 4 MODERATOR: PROF /MALULEXE TOTALMARKS: 20SPMaOTV SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 6.2022 (CASE STUDY - NORTHERN DISTRICT AUTHORITY (NDA) eet el rarer meee ee ree reat ey ea eaetia eine nine tomes acta a ee ee ene ee eet ee eet Peteirca gS eacan's acannon nomen rere ens both to assess and manage risks at Northern District Authoriy (NDA), ‘To respond tothe inadequacies highlighted Inthe aud, a project team has been ‘reat wih senior managers drawn fom dierent departments aos the autho “The aust recommended tha the authority shoul crete “a clearly defined strategy for responding to any major emergency with clear assessments of the impact on the ‘community and environmen.” “Therefor, the project team is required to create disaster recovery plans. The audit ‘aso recommended that NCA make use of slandard approach to create ts dieastr recovery plans. The projecteam vil also be required o co-cdnae its plans withthe executives representing the heath sewices, since any emergency can create injuries orfataliies. Samir Tagiye & a procurement manager at NDA. Samicknows that key part of the overall project wil be to create a database of supple thal would be willing to provide goods and services in response to any major emergency. ‘A considerable range of supplies and services could be needed, such as food transport, personal protective equipment, emergency lighting, temporarySPRnLOTYSUMMNATIVE ASSESSMENT 6.2022 accommedtion, bedsng, es tis hoped that because of recent budgetary cus, the supplies wih provide voluntary ar at signifanty counted piss, Sami neds to act quick, as itis expected that tis part ofthe project, to create the database of upples, should be completed within afew months. Sams also seeking to improve {he management of sk with NDAs suppers more generally, Now hat his involved in te overal project ath key stakeholders, he believes thats also good te to improve processes troughout i authorty when engaging wit extemal suppliers of goods and services. Recentincdents, suchas faut electra wring and equipmentin property owned by the authority, and complaints of care provided by suppliers working forthe authority had all resulted in expensive claims made by members ofthe puble. Sami has established that some ofthe suppers did not have adequate insurance protection Consequently, these incidents had resulted in expensive compensation payments a ‘well as negative publity for NDA. QUESTION 1 ‘Ascertain contract provisions that NDA might incorporate into its new contract to mitigate the isks experienced inthe previous contract wih its suppliers. (20), ‘QUESTION 2 Procurement can play @ positive role in achieving positive outcomes on sustainable procurement ‘Assess how can NDA use the labour codes and environmental standards t help it to Achieve ethical and sustainable procurement. (20)SPRMIOPVSUNNMATIVE ASSESSMENT 5.2022 ‘QUESTION 3 “The case study slates thal a recent aut was cttical of the lack of robust plans to ‘assess and manage risks at NDA, Propose FOUR methodologies thatthe NDA team ‘might use to assess the probability and impact of risks facing NDA (20) ‘QUESTION 4 ‘The management of NDA has deci to implement a series of projects to improve its ‘operations, as stated inthe case study. Bofore those projects can begin NDA needs ta evelop a robust approach to project management planing. Evaluate the contribution that project planning can make to managing risks in NDA Procurement. (20) TOTAL #0