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Public Procurement Contracts

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Questions (542)

Mairéad Farrell

Question:

542. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by her Department, or bodies under her aegis, that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the value and nature of the contract work carried out in each case; the year of each contract, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11384/21]

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The procurement of supplies and services is essential to support my Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department in providing high quality services to the public, in a cost effective and efficient manner. The tables below set out details of contracts over €25,000 that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Details of my Department’s non-compliant procurements are published in the Appropriation Account annually on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s website.

Department of Social Protection

Year

Contract

Contract Value

2018

Forms Supply Contract

€262,000

Interpretation Services

€159,000

Translation Services

€97,000

Consultancy Services

€35,000

Stand storage, display & installation for events

€37,320

Year

Contract

Contract Value

2019

Employability Services (24 contracts)

€9,863,377

Stationery Supply Contract (contract covers 2019 & 2020)

€292,680

The Appropriation Account for 2020 is currently being prepared. These are the contracts that the Department deems at this time to be non-compliant for 2020 and 2021.

Year

Contract

Contract Value

2020

Local Employment Services (25 contracts)

€19,615,199

Employability Services (24 contracts)

€9,932,995

JobsClub Services (40 contracts)

€4,924,812

Covid PPE Equipment & Supplies (3 contracts)

€332,067

IT consumables to support remote working (6 contracts)

€266,154

Printing Services

€84,020

Translation Services

€48,000

Covid Signage

€36,552

Year

Contract

Estimated Contract Value

2021

Local Employment Services (25 contracts)

€20,938,228

Employability Services (24 contracts)

€10,001,855

JobsClub Services (40 contracts)

€5,042,631

Bodies under the aegis of my Department

The Pensions Council, the Low Pay Commission and the Social Welfare Tribunal had no non-compliant contracts in 2018, 2019, 2020 or to date in 2021.

The Pensions Authority has had no non-compliant contracts in 2018, 2019 or to date in 2021. In 2020 there was one contract deemed to be non-compliant, which will be published in their Annual Report and Accounts for 2020. Details of the contract are provided in the table below.

Year

Contract

Estimated Contract Value

2020

Accounting Support Services

€ 55,350

The Citizens Information Board (CIB) has had no non-compliant contracts to date in 2021. The tables below set out details of contracts over €25,000 that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Details of the Citizens Information Board’s non-compliant procurements can be found in the Financial Statement of the Annual Report which is published annually on the Citizen Information Board’s website.

In the 2018 Financial Statements for CIB, expenditure on six contracts were deemed to be non-compliant. Details are as follows:

Year

Contract

Expenditure

2018

Wide Area Network (WAN) and fixed voice telephony support services.

€ 479,306

Insurance provider

€475,978

Marketing, Communications and PR Services

€415,681

ICT Hardware provider of PCs and laptops

€158,417

Web & Application Developer services

€32,000

Mobile Voice and Data services

€25,871

In the 2019 Financial Statement for CIB, expenditure on five contracts were deemed to be non-compliant. Details are as follows:

Year

Contract

Expenditure

2019

Wide Area Network (WAN) and fixed voice telephony support services

€ 655,257

Managed Private Cloud ICT Infrastructure

€508,738

ICT Security services

€58,815

Mobile Voice and Data services

€27,838

Contract cleaning services

€34,770

In the 2020 draft Financial Statements for CIB is currently being prepared. Expenditure on one contract is deemed to be non-compliant. Details are as follows:

Year

Contract

Expenditure

2019

Managed Private Cloud ICT Infrastructure

€ 185,842

My Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department ensure that the necessary work is undertaken to make non-compliant contracts compliant as soon as possible.

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