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Public Procurement Contracts Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Questions (279)

Seán Sherlock

Question:

279. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of publicly funded tenders since 2007 that have required additional public moneys allocated to them without the tender process having to be restarted; and the amounts that were allocated in tabular form. [1260/19]

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In the first instance, I wish to advise the Deputy that when a procurement process commences, the final cost of procuring the goods or services involved will not always be fully known.

The Department's internal procurement policy provides that a procurement process for goods or services over €5,000 may not be commenced without: establishing a clear business need; obtaining a realistic estimate of the value of all phases of the service or the goods to be procured; and confirming that the required budget has been approved and is in place.

Once the process has commenced, the final expenditure involved may subsequently vary depending on a number of factors, including:

- the level and volume of services actually delivered;

- the invoking of options in the contract to extend it beyond the initially specified date; and

- the invoking of other contract provisions that broaden or intensify the nature of the work involved, such as service enhancement and service review.

Since its establishment in 2011, my Department has had two publicly funded tenders that have required additional public moneys to be allocated to them internally without the tender process having to be restarted. Details are set out as follows.

Year

Tender

Additional Allocation (€)

Further Information

2015

Provision and Implementation of a Business Intelligence Solution

99,026

Additional costs of 11% of the project cost arose in respect of additional implementation costs and supports required

2018

Infrastructure Monitoring Services (eCohesion System)

170,000

Additional costs of less than 6% of project cost arose due to infrastructure monitoring change, some additional functionality and additional days of testing

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