{"id":7175,"date":"2023-05-15T20:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/?page_id=7175"},"modified":"2023-05-16T09:22:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:22:31","slug":"our-service-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/our-service-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Service Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At Roads Fund Administration (RFA) we aim to provide our services efficiently and effectively taking into consideration timelines, accuracy and appropriateness of responses. To this end, we have set out below the timeframes within which our clients and stakeholders should expect us to deliver our services and should you have any enquiries, comments, concerns or complaints in respect of our service delivery, please do not hesitate to contact us.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8989de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8989de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc99e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc99e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #1e216e; color: #ffffff;\">\n<td width=\"385\"><strong>TYPE OF SERVICE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"224\"><strong>STANDARD TIME<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(129,215,66,0.2);\" width=\"385\"><strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Payments to:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"224\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Road works contractors and consultants (for recurrent programmes)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 5 working days of receipt of invoice or certificate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Community road maintenance clubs and foremen (under the Community Roads Maintenance Programme)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 5 working days of receipt of certificate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Suppliers of goods, services and other works to the RFA<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 14 days of receipt of invoice or certificate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Malawi Revenue Authority (for different taxes)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within the statutory timeframes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Malawi Revenue Authority (collection fees on international transit fees and road access fees)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 14 days of receipt of invoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">f)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (for approved road safety and traffic management programmes)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 7 working days of receipt of payment request<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(129,215,66,0.2);\" width=\"385\"><strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Remittances to:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"224\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Roads Authority (funding for operational and capital expenses)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Monthly, by the 20th of the preceding month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 District Councils (funding for administrative expenses for the Community Roads Maintenance Programme)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 5 working days of receipt of payment request<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Construction Industry Council (NCIC Levy collected from road works contractors and consultants)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Monthly, by the 25th of the following month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(129,215,66,0.2);\" width=\"385\"><strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Responses, communications and feedback<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"224\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Responses to letters, written enquiries and other correspondences<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 5 working days from date of receipt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Responses to customer complaints<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 14 days from date of receipt of the complaint<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Responses to media inquiries<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 2 working days of receipt of written inquiries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Communication of tentative funding allocations to Roads Fund implementing agencies for the upcoming year<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">By 31st December of each year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Input and feedback to Roads Authority on the Annual National Roads Programme (ANRP)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 10 working days of receipt of the draft ANRP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">f)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Confirmation of receipt of fuel levy (To Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 5 working days from date of receiving the levies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(129,215,66,0.2);\" width=\"385\"><strong>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Submission of reports<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"224\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Annual audited accounts for the Roads Fund<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">By 31st October of each year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Audited accounts for Development Partners\u2019 funded projects administered by the RFA<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within the agreed timeframes as per the projects\u2019 financing agreements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Expenditure Returns to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development (for development programmes)<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Monthly, by the 15th of the following month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"385\">d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Technical and procurement audit reports of the Roads Fund implementing agencies<\/td>\n<td width=\"224\">Within 30 days of receipt of the audit reports from the external auditors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At Roads Fund Administration (RFA) we aim to provide our services efficiently and effectively taking into consideration timelines, accuracy and appropriateness of responses. To this end, we have set out below the timeframes within which our clients and stakeholders should expect us to deliver our services and should you have any enquiries, comments, concerns or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7175"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7227,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7175\/revisions\/7227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}