When the Committee asked the PoKZN about its challenges and what remedial steps it has taken to address them, the PoKZN replied that the delay in signing the funding agreement resulted in one month's delay and above that the Supply Chain Management process adopted contributed enormously to procurement delays. The remedial steps that the PoKZN seeks to undertake include: increasing the labour team to meet the individual project targets; the department was working towards having standing contracts (especially for protective clothing) for essential implementing items which will alleviate procurement challenges; and in the current financial year (2011/12) contracts for fencing, engineering work and infrastructure in general have been entered into for a period of 2 years, this will speed up service delivery.