Sassa will invite bids to fill gaps at Post Office
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and Sassa have been accused of trying to elbow out the Post Office and ensure third party participation
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will initiate a tender process to secure services that Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says the South African Post Office cannot provide for the distribution of social grants. According to Dlamini, the bid adjudication committee found the Post Office could provide only one of the four services needed by Sassa to pay grants — the provision of an integrated payment system. A procurement process would start on November 3 and be finalised in February 2018. Dlamini and Sassa have been accused of trying to elbow out the Post Office and ensure a third party is allowed to provide certain services to the agency for the payment of grants. Sassa has already claimed it needs R6.4bn to fund an insourcing proposal, but insiders say the agency does not need a fancy system. The co-operation of the banks, along with the Post Office, would be enough for Sassa to start administering social grants when its contract with Cash Paymaster Servi...
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