2. Civilution Congress 2014 CESA: A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement Panel Discussion Infrastructure Procurement Civilution : Outcomes and Benefits to Society Sustainability: Social, Economic and Environmental Rodney Milford Rodney.Milford@cidb.org.za

3. How can engineering services deliver value to participants in the process of delivery of engineering and infrastructure projects? job creation, transformation, skills development, contractor development, etc. The Three Trillion Question – What do we need to do differently? a comparative assessment Consulting Engineers of South Africa Problem Statement Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement

4. How to effectively optimise the use of procurement of infrastructure to support, facilitate and achieve government’s socio-economic objectives with special reference to development and empowerment Development and empowerment are not an option but rather an imperative in a developmental state such as South Africa: must be a cost / value threshold Consulting Engineers of South Africa cidb Practice Note; Balancing Delivery Development and Empowerment (draft) Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement

5. The Gauteng Schools example Key is to identify the most appropriate and affordable balance between competing objectives: time, cost, quality developmental outcomes Consulting Engineers of South Africa Competing Objectives Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement

6. Labour intensive construction Local Economic Development Business opportunities for targeted sectors Enterprise support and development programmes Skills development opportunities to targeted labour Primary health care programmes for construction workers etc. Consulting Engineers of South Africa Contract Participation Goals Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement

7. Identify and decide on developmental objectives: ideally this should be done in a participatory process involving relevant stakeholders Set clear measurable targets Undertake a comparative assessment of developmental potential of various procurement strategies Consulting Engineers of South Africa Identify and Commit to Objectives Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement

8. Final decision must remain with the client: transparent Marginal or no cost increase? Consulting Engineers of South Africa Concluding Comments Infrastructure Procurement Civilution – A CODESA of Infrastructure Procurement

9. Rodney Milford Rodney.Milford@cidb.org.za