Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)Amended Codes of Good Practice (2013)Amended Code Series 400: Measurement of the Enterprise and Supplier Development Element of Broad-Based Black Economic EmpowermentStatement 400: The General Principles for Measuring Enterprise and Supplier DevelopmentTotal Measured Procurement Spend5.4 Public sector procurement |
| 5.4 | Public sector procurement: |
| 5.4.1 | all goods and services procured from organs of state and public entities Despite this, procurement by a Measured Entity from a local government authority, which is a reseller of that service, is measurable at the B-BBEE Recognition Level of the primary Supplier of the service; and |
| 5.4.2 | in any event, any procurement of any goods or services from any organ of state or public entity that enjoys a statutory or regulated monopoly in the supply of such goods or services, is excluded; |
| 5.5 | Monopolistic procurement: all goods and services procured from suppliers that enjoy a monopolistic position; |
| 5.6 | Third-party procurement: all procurement for a third-party or a client, where the cost of that procurement is an expense recorded in the Measured Entity's annual financial statements; |
| 5.7 | Labour brokers and independent contractors: any procurement of the Measured Entity which is Outsourced Labour Expenditure; |
| 5.8 | Pension and medical aid contributions: payments made to any post retirement funding scheme or to a medical aid or similar medical insurer by a Measured Entity for its employees, excluding any portions of such payments which are a contribution to a capital investment of the employee. The scheme or insurer must issue a certificate dividing payments between the capital investment portion and the balance to establish the amount that is measurable within Total Measured Procurement Spend; |
| 5.9 | Trade commission's: any commission or similar payments payable by a Measured Entity to any other person pursuant to the business or trade of the Measured Entity; |
| 5.10 | Empowerment related expenditure: all goods and services procured in carrying out B-BBEE. The Total Measured Procurement Spend does not include the actual contribution portion recognised under section 2.2 and 2.3 of this statement or Code series 500 but does include any expenditure incurred in facilitating those contributions; |
| 5.11 | Imports: all goods and services that are imported or procured from a non-South African source; and |
| 5.12 | Intra-group procurement: all goods and services procured from subsidiaries or holding companies of the Measured Entity (BEE credentials of the entity supplying goods and/or services must be confirmed by way of a valid BEE certificate). |