Vol. 457 No. 5
60 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the consultants who were appointed by his Department since 16 December 1994; if they were appointed following a tendering procedure; if the consultant appointed in each case was the lowest tenderer; and if not, who the lowest tenderer was. [15704/95]
Information on consultancies commissioned since 16 December 1994 is set out in the following table.
Where tendering procedures are used to determine the award of consultancies, it is standard practice to engage the most suitable tenderer after due consideration of a range of relevant factors, including the cost. In these circumstances, it would not be appropriate to disclose the names of the lowest tenderers for particular consultancies where a tender other than the lowest was accepted.
To establish a reservoir of expertise on environmental projects, the Department of the Environment agreed a framework for such projects with the ESRI in 1993, and relevant projects have subsequently been assigned to the Institute outside the normal tendering process. In the other cases where direct appointments were made, the type of expertise required was specialised and the value of the consultancies was small.
In addition to the information set out in the table, eight graphic design companies were engaged to prepare designs for a total of 45 Departmental publications. The average value of these contracts was small. In the main, a selective tendering procedure was used and the lowest suitable tenderer was engaged. A small number of publications were required urgently; in these cases graphic design companies were engaged directly.
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Consultant |
Nature of Work |
Appointment Procedure |
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Arks Advertising |
Cork Coal Ban Campaign — Stage 1 |
Fixed Price Contract |
|
Arks Advertising |
Cork Coal Ban Campaign — Stage 2 |
Fixed Price Contract |
|
Baltimore Technologies |
National Vehicle Driver File |
Selective Tendering |
|
Brady Shipman Martin |
*Costal Zone Management*Jointly funded by this Department and Departments of the Marine and Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht |
Competitive Tendering |
|
DBI Associates |
National Vehicle Driver File |
Renewal of Contract |
|
DMK Economic Consultants |
External Evaluator to the Oper- ational Programme for Transport 1994-99 |
Competitive Tendering |
|
DMK Consultants |
Review and Outlook for Construction Industry |
Competitive Tendering |
|
Mr. G. Douglas/Eolas |
Assessment of Eurocode 6 (Masonry) |
Direct Appointment |
|
ESRI |
Economics Aspects of Solid Waste |
Direct Appointment |
|
ESRI |
Economic Instruments Supporting Environmental Policy |
Direct Appointment |
|
ESRI |
Formulating Indicators for Sus- tainable Economic Development— study of methodologies |
Direct Appointment |
|
Gamma Ltd. |
Spatial Planning |
Direct Appointment |
|
Generale des Eaux and M.C. O'Sullivan |
Dublin Region Water Supply Stra- tegic Study |
Competitive Tendering |
|
Dr. G. Kidney |
Occupational Health and Safety in the Fire Service |
Direct Appointment |
|
KPMG |
Professional Study on Local Govern- ment Financing |
Competitive Tendering |
|
Price Waterhouse |
National Vehicle Driver File |
Selective Tendering |
|
Saatchi & Saatchi |
Register of Electors Advertising Campaign |
Fixed Price |
|
Trust |
Public Art Research Project |
Competitive Tendering |
