Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017
459. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the delay to the completion of the final phase of a secondary school (details supplied); the reason this project has not been delivered on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26852/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe project referred to by the Deputy was authorised to proceed to tender in October 2016.
However, as the pre-qualification of contractors had first been conducted by the design team in April 2015 the design team, concerned about the possibility of legal challenges, asked the Office of Government Procurement for advice on this matter. The advice was that it would be prudent to run the pre-qualification again.
The Design Team has rerun the pre-qualification and the project is now out to tender. Tenders are due back in mid July.
Subject to no issues arising it is anticipated that construction will commence in late 2017 and the project is scheduled to take approximately 18 months to complete.
