Joe Carey
Ceist:65. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Ennis south flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43836/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 24 October 2018
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Freagraí scríofa
This scheme is being progressed by Clare County Council (CCC) as the Contracting Authority with funding from the Office of Public Works (OPW). When completed the scheme will provide protection for 74 residential and 10 non-residential properties.
The tender competition initiated last year had to be relaunched due to issues surrounding the costs submitted by the preferred tenderer which could not be resolved.
The tender was subsequently re-advertised, with 10 tenders received by the closing date of September 28th 2018. All of the applicants have passed the quality assessment stage of the process and CCC and its consultants are now engaged in the assessment of the pricing element of the submissions.
It is hoped that CCC will be in a position to award the contract before the end of the year, with construction commencing in spring 2019.
OPW has previously confirmed to CCC that funding would be made available (this position remains unchanged, pending a full budget estimate submission from CCC), and have authorised CCC to progress land purchase arrangements in relation to the scheme.