Joan Burton
Ceist:225. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the pre-qualification of tenders for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31265/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 11 July 2018
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Freagraí scríofa
The building project referred to is for a new 24 classroom school including a Special Needs Unit, with a floor area of approx. 4,748m2. The project is currently at Stage 2B of the Architectural Planning process – Detailed Design Stage.
Planning permission, fire certificate and disability access certificate for this project have been granted and the Department has recently authorised the project to proceed to pre-qualification of contractors.
Pre-qualification normally takes between 8 and 12 weeks to complete. When pre-qualification is complete the project will then be progressed to tender stage (Stage 3). A tender stage normally takes between 7 and 8 months to complete.