Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 February 2021
22. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication in his Department. [11178/21]
View answer23. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication by his Department, by goods and service type in tabular form. [11208/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 22 and 23 together.
My Department awarded two contracts totalling €81,272 (ex VAT) in 2020 under the negotiated procedure without prior publication for goods which were essential to the Departments response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both contracts were awarded on the grounds of urgency and details are shown in the table below.
|
Contract |
Type of goods/services |
Value of contract (Ex VAT) |
|
SecurID software tokens |
IT software |
€53,372 |
|
Virtual network licences |
IT licences |
€27,900 |
No Covid-19 related contracts have been awarded to date in 2021 under this procedure.
