Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 7 Nov 1995

Vol. 457 No. 7

Written Answers. - Departmental Contracts.

Seamus Brennan

Question:

252 Mr. S. Brennan asked the Minister for Justice the individual value and duration of contracts for couriers, taxi services, cleaning, security and haulage given by her Department in the period January 1995 to date; the number of tenders received for each contract; the names of the successful tenderers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16139/95]

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Owen):

The information sought by the Deputy is as follows:

Cleaning Contracts

Area	No. of Tenders Received	Awarded to	Duration
Land Registry/ Registry of Deeds.
Santry Warehouse	5	Emerald Contract Cleaners (Ireland) Ltd.	8 weeks.
Registry of Deeds	5	ICC Limited.	32 weeks approximately.

Area	No. of Tenders Received	Awarded to	Duration
Courts
Arás Uí Dhalaigh	8	Emerald Cleaning	1 year.
Chancery Street	8	Emerald Cleaning	1 year.
Children's Court/	8	Grosvenor Cleaning	1 year.
Traffic Court
Dolphin House	8	Emerald Cleaning	1 year.
Prisons
Santry Stores	7	*	1 year.
Beladd House	2	*	1 year.
Limerick.	3	*	Once off Contract.
Probation and Welfare Service	6	Professional Contract Cleaning	1 year.

Taxi Contracts

Area	No. of Tenders Received	Awarded to	Duration
Prisons
Fort Mitchel	4	*	1 year.
Portlaoise	5	*	1 year.
Shelton Abbey	4	*	1 year.
Limerick	3	*	1 year.

Security Contracts

Area	No. of Tenders Received	Awarded to	Duration
Courts
Dublin (Cash in transit)	3	Securicor Ireland Ltd.	1 year.
Cork (Cash in transit)	3	C.P. Security Ltd.	1 year.
Land Registry
Cash Conveyance	3	C.P. Security Ltd.	3 years.

Haulage Contracts

Area	No. of Tenders Received	Awarded to	Duration
Prisons
Wheatfield	3	*	Once off contract.

* In the interest of security of the prisons it would not be appropriate for me to identify the names of successful tenderers.

It would not be appropriate for me to disclose details of the value of these individual contracts, either because of the market sensitive nature of this information or because a competitive tendering process was used. However, the total value of all of the above contracts in each of the areas involved is as follows:

Area	Total Value
	£
Land Registry/Registry of Deeds	36,073.92
Courts	68,997.28
Prisons	110,848.00
Grand Total:	215,919.20

The position in relation to the cleaning of Garda stations is that where cleaners are not employed directly, contract cleaners are used. I regret that, in the time available and because of the large number of Garda stations involved, it has not been possible to assemble the detailed information requested by the Deputy in relation to this area. I will, however, convey the information to the Deputy by letter as soon as possible.

My Department has not initiated contracts with any courier firms this year.