Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 7 September 2018
196. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 of all contracts awarded to private contractors via the Office of Government Procurement for secure printing across all Departments and other agencies covered by the GDP. [35530/18]
View answerThe Office of Government Procurement (OGP) supports and facilitates Contracting Authorities in awarding contracts for a variety of print services. The OGP does not have a specific category for 'secure printing' however has facilitated procurement competitions on behalf of Contracting Authorities for print services which have included elements of security. Such competitions have involved printing materials which included security features, and print jobs where the security of the printed materials was paramount.
The total aggregated spend on contracts which the OGP has facilitated on behalf of Contracting Authorities which included elements of security is as follows; 2016: €1.84 million, 2017: €1.7 million, 2018: €7.6 million.
