My Department engages consultancy service providers (individuals or organisations) to provide analysis that contributes to decision-making or policy-making. The procurement of such services supports my Department in providing a high quality service to the public in a cost-effective manner and is governed by a comprehensive regulatory framework.
Details of the consultancy service providers engaged by my Department for the period in question is set out in tabular format below:
Consultancy service providers engaged by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection from 1st January 2018 to 1st
January 2019
Consultancy Service Provider
|
Purpose of the Consultancy
|
Expdenditure (€)
|
Deloitte Ireland
|
Data Strategy Project
|
€188,289
|
Clickworks Ltd.
|
Strategic Review of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection’s Website
|
€47,294
|
Deloitte Ireland
|
Digital Organisational Change Management
|
€100, 294
|
Mazars
|
Compliance of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2106/679
|
€92,250
|
Economic and Social Research Institute
|
Social Inclusion Research
|
€90, 150
|
Indecon
|
Review of Local Employment Services
|
€58,154
|
Grant Thornton
|
Business Information Security Management
|
€55,104
|
Mazars
|
Security Infrastructure and Storage Area Network (SAN) Audits
|
€41,513
|
Crowe Advisory Ltd.
|
Forensic review of Financial Statements and Records of JobPath Contractors, Internal Audit
|
€21,247
|
Renaissance Contingency Services Ltd.
|
Business contingency consultancy services
|
€14,145
|
Brendan Friel
|
JobPath Consultancy Services
|
€750
|
Paul Cunningham
|
Consultancy Services on the implications of Brexit on Social Security
|
€520
|
A breakdown of annual expenditure on consultancy and IT external service provision, and a list of purchase orders for €20,000 and above, is published on the Procurement Policy page of my Department’s website
http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Procurement-Policy.aspx .