Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 September 2009
7 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance when the Government’se-tendering website is legally required to be put out to public tender again, in view of the fact that the original contract was awarded in 2003 for three years, with a two year extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31969/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe current contract to provide an eTender website was extended by my Department, in line with EU procurement rules, to allow for the orderly transfer of the eTenders website to the National Public Procurement Operations Unit in the Office of Public Works, which was established earlier this year. Officials in my Department and in the National Public Procurement Operations Unit have in recent months carried out a market analysis of eTendering and eProcurement solutions and are in the process of drafting a Request for Tender document. It is proposed to issue a Request for Tender for an eTendering solution during October 2009.
