Paul Donnelly
Question:395. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the awarding of the contract to a builder for a school (details supplied); and the timeline for the completion of the school. [10966/21]
View answerWednesday, 3 March 2021
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The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme.
My Department is currently in the process of establishing a Framework of Design and Build Contractors to which Design and Build projects can be tendered. The tender process to establish the new Framework commenced on the 4th December 2019. The second stage of the tender process which involves the detailed tender for several schools, including the school referred to by the Deputy, has commenced and is expected to be concluded in Quarter 1 2021. This is the earliest that the project can be tendered.
It is my Department's intention that the construction plan for the project will be phased to allow a level of permanent accommodation to be provided as early as possible in 2022.