My Department was established on 19 July 2017. I have listed in the table below the external consultants commissioned to undertake work on behalf of my Department from that date, to-date.
In each case the reports/material produced were for internal or stakeholder use only, and not for external publication with the exception of the report on a review of the Community Services Programme due to be published by the end of this year and the Local Digital Strategies which will be published by each individual Local Authority.
- | Title | Company | Cost € | Date Published |
1 | Provision of Technical Support for the development of Shared Telecoms Infrastructure by Local Authorities | 4SITE | €19,767.00 (Incl. VAT) | Final technical drawings were received 9 November 2018. 4Site documents were for internal use only and were not published externally. |
2 | Provision of Cost Analysis Report for the development of Shared Telecoms Infrastructure by Local Authorities | 4SITE | €4176.00 (Incl. VAT) | Cost analysis piece was received by the Department in January 2019. Intended for use by Broadband Officers in Local Authorities. |
3 | Provision of Development of Local Digital Strategies for all Local Authorities | INDECON International Economic Consultants | €149,246.97 (Incl. VAT) | Final guidelines for development of strategies issued on 25 September 2018. Local Digital Strategies are being prepared by each individual local authority and will be externally published. |
4 | Provision of Information Sessions for all participating Local Authorities on developing Local Digital Strategies | INDECON International Economic Consultants | €37,604.79 (Incl. VAT) | Sessions are currently being rolled out to participating local authorities with a view to having all sessions delivered before end Q3 2019. Information sessions for Local Authorities and are not published externally. |
5 | Preparation of guidance & delivery of training for local authorities & industry on environmental screening/appropriate assessment of works in relation to rollout of telecommunications infrastructure, primarily related to the rollout the National Broadband Plan. The Environmental screening piece will also be only for internal/local authority use and will not be published externally. | RPS Group | €79, 089 (Incl. VAT) | Due Q3 2019 Will not be published externally |
6 | Internal report to assist in developing our HR strategy | Athrú Consulting | €9,840 (Incl. VAT) | An internal report to assist in developing our HR strategy at an estimated cost of €15,000 work completed January 2019. Report not published externally. |
7 | Project Management Assistance KOSI Corporation Ltd | KOSI Corporation | €12,822.75 (Incl. vat) | Project Management Assistance, a report was not published externally. |
8 | Review of the Community Services Programme | Indecon International Economic Consultants | €112,422 (Incl. vat) | The report on the review will help inform decisions on the future shape and structure of the programme. This report will not be published. The Department will publish a consultation report on the review separately by end 2019. |