Departmental Contracts

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Ceisteanna (267)

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

267. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the company awarded the contract; and the full value of the contract in tabular form. [33270/20]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications

In general, competitive tendering is used by my Department unless exceptional circumstances exist which justifies the use of an alternative approach. Circumstances where competitive tendering may not be appropriate, feasible or cost-effective is provided for in Circular 40/02 on Public Procurement. Examples of the exceptions covered by this Circular include sole supplier scenarios, proprietary goods or services, licensing renewals and instances where specialist knowledge/previous experience is essential or where urgency is a factor. Non-competitive contracts are not inherently non-compliant but rather are contracts for which competitive tendering is not considered appropriate under the circumstances.

In line with the requirements of Circular 40/02, my Department makes annual returns to the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of contracts in excess of €25,000 which are awarded without a competitive tender process. Contracts awarded by my Department in accordance with Circular 40/02 in 2019 and to date in 2020 are shown in the tables below.

2019

Contract	Company	Contract Value (Ex VAT)
Mobile phones	Vodafone	€189,571
Fixed phones	Eir	€135,661
Cleaning Services	Moore Cleaning	€120,017
Cleaning Services	Accent Facilities	€67,309
Postal services	Neopost	€25,000
Postal services	Pitney Bowes	€26,000
Software licences	Reveal	€189,571
Legal drafting services	Independent contractor	€25,000
Software Licences	Oracle	€59,546
Software Licences	An Post	€34,000
Software Licences	Integrify	€111,265
Software Licences	Unit4	€200,000
Media Monitoring Services	Kantar	€59,546
Legal advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	Mason, Hayes & Curran	€1,200,000
Legal advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	Mason, Hayes & Curran	€600,000
Financial and procurement advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	KPMG	€850,000
Financial and procurement advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	KPMG	€850,000
Technical advisory services to support the National Broadband Plan	Analysys Mason	€700,000
Technical advisory services to support the National Broadband Plan	Analysys Mason	€430,375
Specialist personnel to support the National Broadband Plan	KPMG	€300,000
Taxation advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	Deloitte	€40,000
Taxation advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	Deloitte	€30,000
Economic and strategy advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	PWC	€300,000
Economic and strategy advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	PWC	€100,000
Insurance advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	Marsh Insurance	€94,838
Management of the National Digital Research Centre	National Digital Research Centre	€2,330,000
Advisory services in relation to the procurement of a MSE for the Galway-Mayo Telecoms Duct	Analysys Mason	€32,301
Advisory services in relation to the procurement of ECAS	Analysys Mason	€41,000
Software for the National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€2,473,869
Software for the National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€83,000
Software Licences for the National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€26,938
Operations for National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€80,000
Training for the National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€24,500
Emergency repairs at 850 Adit (Avoca old mine site)	Quarry Mining Equipment	€584,556
Emergency repairs at 850 Adit (Avoca old mine site)	CDM Smith	€60,000
Emergency repairs at 850 Adit (Avoca old mine site)	Lisheen Technical Mining	€26,930
ObSERVE services to survey the western Irish Sea	University College Cork-led consortium	€270,109
Chair of Price Monitoring Group	Communimax	€70,000
Seismic Programme	IMC Exploration	€50,000
Fuel	West Cork Oil Company	€70,744
Insurance	Aquabroker	€64,529
Fuel Cards	Diesel Card Ireland	€67,430
Electrical Maintenance	Marine Electrics	€80,000
Filming	New Decade	€60,000
Electric Vehicle	Hyundai	€30,679
Geoscience Software	Geosoft Europe	€100,000
Mapping equipment	Konsberg Maritime	€60,352
Maintenance	MH Auto Body	€120,000
Supply and installation of surveying equipment	AML Oceangraphic	€32,375
Maintenance	Applainix Ltd	€160,000
Software licencing and maintenance	Teledyn Caris	€125,000
Consultancy Services	Independent contractor	€62,467
Maintenance	Independent contractor	€50,000
Maintenance	South Coast Diesels	€50,000
Support on Wind Energy Guidelines Noise Provisions	RPS	€35,700
Marginal abatement cost curve for Ireland	McKinsey & Co	€318,000

2020 (To Date)

Contract	Company	Contract Value (Ex VAT)
Windows 7 - Extended security updates	Micromail	€26,975
Legal advisory services relating to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill	Independent contractor	€55,000
Software for National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€100,386
Software for the National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€47,520
Sensitivity planning to assess potential sectoral costs of achieving more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions targets out to 2030	McKinsey & Co	€105,000
Just Transition	Independent contractor	€30,000
Software   for  National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€80,955
Legal advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	Mason Hayes & Curran	€57,000
Financial and procurement advisory services in support of the National Broadband Plan	KPMG	€322,096
Software for National Cyber Security Centre	Confidential	€432,000
Software Licences	Integrity 360	€53,372
Software Licences	PFH Technology	€27,900