Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 April 2017
202. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the construction projects on which the State has engaged companies (details supplied) as main contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17159/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAt the outset the management of the tendering process for a public contract and the administration of the contract once awarded is a matter for each contracting authority. The complete data on public works contracts is held by the contracting authority concerned. It is the responsibility of individual contracting authorities to publish contract award notices following the signing of a contract. This process is facilitated through the national eProcurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie, which is managed by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP).
Under EU Directives on public procurement public works, supplies and service contracts above certain thresholds must be advertised on the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) and awarded on the basis of objective and non-restrictive criteria. For works contracts the current threshold is €5.225 million. The EU Directives require contract award notices for contracts above this threshold to be published in the OJEU following the award of the contract. The publication of contract award notices is made possible by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) through eTenders which automatically forwards award notices to the OJEU for publication. Circular 10/14 issued by my Department requires public bodies since 1 August 2014 to publish all contract award notices over €25,000 on eTenders.
The information requested by the Deputy, that has been input by contracting authorities onto the eTenders portal, is being collated by the OGP but will not be available within the time allowed. The information will issue directly to the Deputy.
