My Department is required to make annual returns under Department of Finance circular 40/2002 in respect of awarded contracts in excess of €25,000 without a competitive process. In 2019 there were two such contracts awarded.
Details for 2019 are set out in the table below.
Contract details
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Company
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Value (ex VAT)
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Irish translation services (a tender competition to select a dedicated service provider from the OGP framework was carried out in 2020 and a contract is now in place)
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Premier Irish Translation Services
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€26,224
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Legal Services
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Liam O’Daly
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€45,000
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In respect of 2020, details of non-competitive contracts are not yet fully available, however indicative details for 2020 are set out in the table below.
Contract details
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Company
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Indicative Value (ex VAT)
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Emergency canteen services (A competitive procurement process for canteen services was carried out in August 2020 and a contract is now in place)
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Sambara Ltd
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€268,500
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AV Conferencing System (pandemic response: implementation of conferencing solutions
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Scope AV
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€25,255
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Call centre services for Passenger Locator Forms
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Capita Customer Solutions Ltd.
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*
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Distribution of Covid Safety Guidelines to households via national newspapers
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Open Communications
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€58,662
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*The value of this contract is commercially sensitive as my Department will shortly be issuing a tender for this work.