OUtsurance points men cancelled

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I heard on the John Robbie show this morning that the Outsurance points men contract has been cancelled by the City of Johannesburg.

So wtf now? Sitting longer at robots that is out.

I can see some trenderpreneurs starting to rub their hands.
 
Sipho and family he wanta da Chunce to tendah fo dat dere job!
He aska Juiliaaas to help him winna data tendah.
 
F@ck you, joburg. One of the few PPP projects that really worked, and now you're killing it because it wasn't corrupt enough.

Just f@ck you.
 
Future of the OUTsurance 702 Pointsmen project in Johannesburg

http://www.outsurance.co.za/about-o.../future-of-pointsmen-project-in-johannesburg/

31 October 2011 - This morning, 31 October, it was reported by Talk Radio 702 on air that the OUTsurance 702 Pointsmen project had been cancelled and that today was the project’s last day. The debate that followed on air, and the contributions made by the different people quoted could have left the public confused as to what is the official way forward and stance of OUTsurance with regards to this matter. In order to clear this up, we’d like to explain the story:
  • A company called Traffic Freeflow (TFF) runs the project and OUTsurance is its principal and original sponsor;
  • TFF has been operating the project over the past 6 years according to a service level agreement with the City;
  • That service level agreement expired at the end of September 2011 but the JMPD extended TFF’s operations until the end of October;
  • There are various legal challenges with regards to how this project operates within the ambit of the National Road Traffic Act which we have been aware of and had raised with the City many months ago. The main issue is that the pointsmen, who are currently “Reserve Traffic Wardens”, need to be converted to the status of “Peace Officers”;
  • Furthermore the City felt, although the project does not cost the City a cent, the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) need to be adhered to. This act governs the procurement policies of the City and all contracts that the City enters into. In order to observe these provisions, it had been agreed to between the stakeholders in September that the City would advertise a public “Request for Proposal” from companies interested in providing pointsmen services to the City;
  • It was expected that TFF would continue to operate the project while this process was being concluded;
  • TFF, OUTsurance and 702 were thus surprised when we received a letter from the City cancelling the project as of end October;
  • The stakeholders were in discussions until late on Friday evening to ensure the continuation of the project during the tender process, particularly to protect the jobs of over 200 people;
  • The pointsmen will be converted to Peace Officers over the next few days. This is an administrative process but in order to do this, they will not be able to be on the streets for the remainder of the week;
  • The City will call for proposals in the foreseeable future so as to comply with the provisions of the PFMA. TFF and OUTsurance will take part in this process.
  • It is the understanding of TFF and OUTsurance that the project will continue to operate during the proposal process.
Willem Roos, CEO of OUTsurance Holdings, comments “OUTsurance remains fully supportive of this fantastic project which contributes to the community at large. We are appreciative of the City’s and 702’s efforts to keep the project going. As in the past, we are commited to follow a robust process to put the project on a sound legal footing.”
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So let me get this straight ... the initiative does not cost the city a cent, but they need to waste time, resources and money on putting the "project" out to tender ??:confused:
 
McSack said:
So let me get this straight ... the initiative does not cost the city a cent, but they need to waste time, resources and money on putting the "project" out to tender ??:confused:
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yes, they want to "be fair"!!

Not fair to the public, but fair to other tenderpreneurs who might be able to make money off the council!
 
Thats exactly what its all about....

6 years later, now someone wants to make money off this.. so it now needs to be "fair"
 
Metro lands in traffic snarl-up

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2011/11/01/metro-lands-in-traffic-snarl-up

Miffed motorists at traffic-clogged Johannesburg intersections are in for extra irritation today - the city's 702-Outsurance pointsmen have been ordered off the streets.
The six-year-old multimillion-rand pointsmen project, which also benefits Cape Town, came to a temporary halt yesterday, sparking outrage from furious residents.
The Johannesburg metro has decided to put the project out to tender to "regularise" it by February - despite being warned in June that this would have to be done.
The Traffic Freeflow company came up with the idea at a time of severe gridlock in the city, caused by power failures, a sudden increase in vehicle volumes, and construction projects.
The company's managing director, Colleen Bekker, said the 200 pointsmen, who covered a collective average of between 45000km and 48000km a month to marshal traffic at problematic intersections, will be off duty from today so that the municipality can appoint them as peace officers, a process that is expected to be completed by Monday.
The Johannesburg metro police department must assess the pointsmen, and screen them to make sure that they do not have a criminal record.
The process was completed in time in Cape Town, which therefore did not have to suspend the service.
Johannesburg metro police are expected to stand in for the pointsmen at problem intersections .
Outsurance, which sponsors the project, along with more than 30 other companies, said yesterday that the contract to provide the pointsmen service expired in September but had been extended to the end of last month .
Bekker said the city had been warned "on many, many occasions" to regularise the contract before it expired.
"In fact, when the new administration was appointed after the elections, we highlighted, at the end of June, that the contract is coming up for renewal and these issues need to be attended to as a matter of urgency."
Bekker said the response from council officials was that the matter would "be attended to".
Though the metro police did not pay a cent towards the project, metro police spokesman Edna Mamonyane said it had been decided to put the project out to tender because of its high value.
Mamonyane said, however, that services will not be affected, and that pointsmen will be on duty while they are being screened.
"Over the years, businesses asked why we were giving this job to one company and saying that it looks like this project is being monopolised," she said.
The Dial Direct Pothole Brigade, which for months has filled about 35000 potholes in Johannesburg, yesterday announced that it had entered into a new partnership with the Ekurhuleni metro after the Joburg Roads Agency put the project out for tender.
RESPONSE
The decision to remove the pointsmen sparked anger on Talk Radio 702 and social networks.
On Twitter, Nons33 said the cancellation was "backdoor nationalisation". DevinLester said the government was "getting its dirty inefficient hands involved".
A tweet by Lisasol, similar to comments on radio, read: "Someone at the City of Joburg wants to appoint their father/ uncle/brother/cousin to replace Outsurance-702 pointsmen. That is all."
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John Robbie was talking about it on 702 this morning and was trying to have some restraint, but you can tell he is majorly pi$$ed off about the whole thing.
 
Garyvdh said:
John Robbie was talking about it on 702 this morning and was trying to have some restraint, but you can tell he is majorly pi$$ed off about the whole thing.
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So you must have heard the bit when some chap called in to say it's because whites have access to insurance companies that they get the contract and how he has lots of black friends who bought trucks but can't fill in potholes. And how do we know that a black person didn't come up with the idea.

And I lol'ed at the idea that the Metro was screening the pointsmen - like they know how to screen anyone when you look at the number of criminals that they have on duty.
 
Albereth said:
So you must have heard the bit when some chap called in to say it's because whites have access to insurance companies that they get the contract and how he has lots of black friends who bought trucks but can't fill in potholes. And how do we know that a black person didn't come up with the idea.

And I lol'ed at the idea that the Metro was screening the pointsmen - like they know how to screen anyone when you look at the number of criminals that they have on duty.
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Ja, I heard that. I just about had an accident when I heard that idiot mouthing off.
 
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