a) There is currently no maintenance budget set aside specifically allocated to the Umhlali Police Station. The Department of Public Works (DPW) has a consolidated day-to-day maintenance budget and attends to emergencies and defects for all State-owned buildings utilising this budget.
b) There neither major renovations nor an upgrade project planned for the Umhlali Police Station in the current financial year. Should the South African Police Service (SAPS) prioritise and request that DPW execute upgrading works to the infrastructure, a procurement instruction along with confirmation of funding from the SAPS CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) budget will have to be forwarded to the DPW.
In the interim, the DPW attends to emergencies and day-to-day maintenance requests from the station when reported.
The DPW has also implemented annual maintenance contracts for the following disciplines, of which the Umhlali Police Station is covered:
The Department is also currently planning for the implementation of the following maintenance contracts for the following disciplines within this financial year:
c) Officials from the DPW do visit State facilities when inspections have to be conducted to compile specifications reports and for planning purposes
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