Public Procurement Contracts Data

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Questions (879)

Mattie McGrath

Question:

879. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by his Department or bodies under his aegis that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45059/19]

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Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

As a matter of course, my Department complies with the procurement framework. However, on occasion, contracts are awarded without a competitive tender. These contracts are approved in accordance with Circular 40/2002 (Public Procurement Guidelines), which recognises that in certain exceptional circumstances, the award of a contract without competitive procurement is justified.

My Department discloses details all contracts in excess of €25,000 awarded without competitive procurement in its Appropriation Account each year.

Since 2017, 34 contracts (totalling €14.6m) have been awarded non-competitively by my Department. Details of these contracts, along with the exception which applies in each case, are shown in the following table.

Year Awarded	Contract	Contract Value	Exception for not following a competitive procurement process
2017	Maintenance of the Department’s core ArcGIS platform.	€684,000	The agent, licensee or franchise holder has sole rights to supply a service or product.
2017	Supplier of geocodes for use in the Department’s mapping systems.	€34,000	The particular service provider has exclusive data or information required to perform a particular task.
2017	Software licensing and support for the Department’s virtual server environment.	€109,594	The particular service provider has exclusive data or information required to perform a particular task.
2017	Upgrade to the Department’s financial management system.	€74,600	The agent, licensee or franchise holder has sole rights to supply a service or product.
2017	Modelling of the implications for Ireland of the proposed EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework.	€350,000	The particular service provider has exclusive data or information required to perform a particular task.
2017	Ongoing development and application of energy systems modelling, integrated electricity and gas modelling and policy simulation modelling.	€250,000	The particular service provider has exclusive data or information required to perform a particular task.
2017	Supporting the development of Ireland’s first National Mitigation Plan and related technical analytical support.	€61,000	The particular service provider has exclusive data or information required to perform a particular task.
2017	Delivery of a waste information and awareness campaign.	€35,000	The particular service provider has exclusive data or information required to perform a particular task.
2017	Urgent environmental monitoring at mining sites.	€65,450	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2017	Examination of the technical feasibility and cost of undergrounding the proposed North-South interconnector.	€100,000	The particular service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2017	Provision of legal advice regarding the Corrib gas field project.	€100,000	Due to urgency a competitive process could not be undertaken in the time available.
2017	Purchase of firewalls for the National Cyber Security Centre.	€296,990	Any public knowledge of the operations of the National Cyber Security Centre would be considered a security risk.
2017	Purchase of hardware for the National Cyber Security Centre.	€121,983	Any public knowledge of the operations of the National Cyber Security Centre would be considered a security risk.
2018	Management of the National Digital Research Centre.	€5,250,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2018	Financial and procurement advisory services in relation to the National Broadband Plan.	€1,140,014	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2018	Technical advisory services in relation to the National Broadband Plan.	€1,093,014	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2018	Legal advisory services in relation to the National Broadband Plan.	€1,087,564	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2018	Economic and strategy advisory services in relation to the National Broadband Plan.	€250,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2018	Legal advice in relation to Shell’s proposed divestment of its shareholding of Shell in Corrib Gas Field.	€100,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2018	Investigation into the mine collapse at the Gyproc gypsum mine in Co. Monaghan.	€100,000	Due to urgency a competitive process cannot be undertaken in the time available.
2018	Purchase of servers for the National Cyber Security Centre.	€68,293	Any public knowledge of the operations of the National Cyber Security Centre would be considered a security risk.
2019	Financial and procurement advisory services in support of National Broadband Plan.	€850,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2019	Legal advisory services in support of National Broadband Plan.	€600,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2019	Technical advisory services in support of National Broadband Plan.	€430,375	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2019	Marginal abatement cost curve for Ireland.	€318,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2019	Economic and strategy advisory services in support of National Broadband Plan.	€100,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2019	Simulated cyber operations.	€80,000	Any public knowledge of the operations of the National Cyber Security Centre would be considered a security risk.
2019	iSummation infrastructure licence.	€66,000	The agent, licensee or franchise holder has sole rights to supply a service or product.
2019	Seismic Programme.	€50,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2019	Tax & VAT advisory services in support of National Broadband Plan.	€40,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2019	GeoDirectory Licence.	€34,000	The service provider has exclusive data or information required to perform a particular task.
2019	Legal drafting services.	€25,000	The service provider possesses a special advantage due to earlier research exclusively carried out in a particular area.
2019	Open source IT forensics training.	€24,500	Any public knowledge of the operations of the National Cyber Security Centre would be considered a security risk.
2019	Repairs of 850 adit at Avoca mine.	€600,000	Due to urgency a competitive process cannot be undertaken in the time available.
		€14,589,377

The information requested in relation to the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each agency. The Department will request the relevant bodies to reply directly to the Deputy with the information requested in respect of their organisations.