Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
434. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance 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; the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 – 2020 and the full value of the contract in tabular form. [33271/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe following tabled procurements were undertaken without competitive procurement in 2019 and to date in 2020:
|
Year |
Company Name |
Contract / Agreement Details |
Contract Value |
|
2019 |
Lilley Ventures t/a Workproducts Inc. |
Matterspace Software Tool Licence renewal. 12 months unlimited software usage and maintenance. Renewal of software licence was critical in connection with the document searches for the IBRC Commission of Investigation. |
€8,736.03. |
|
2019 |
Z/Yen Group of Companies |
Annual Membership of the Vantage Financial Centres Club. March 2019 to February 2020.Only one supplier of this service. |
€23,313.93 |
|
2019 |
Vodafone Ireland |
Provision of certain international mobile services, and handsets as required. (Contract commenced end 2018 – payments of €2,218.40 relate to this 2018 in addition to 2019 figure.) The Department will be undertaking a competitive tendering process for these services in Q1, 2021. |
€10,493.65 |
|
2019 |
EuroText |
Foreign Language translation service required in respect of European Court legal documents. Contract signed in 2019. |
€75,579.49(Cumulative value of payments from 2016 to June 2020) |
|
2019 |
Dublin Castle |
Dublin Castle was contracted to host the National Economic Dialogue on 26/27 June 2019. |
€1 |
|
2019 |
Economic & Social Research Institute |
Joint Research Programme on the Macroeconomy, Taxation and Banking with ESRI. Annual contract where budget and project scope reviewed by Steering Committee each year. Competitive tendering process not required as under EU Public Procurement regulations, contracts involving research and development are specifically excluded from the regulations. |
€235,144 |
|
2020 |
Lilley Ventures t/a Workproducts Inc. |
Matterspace Software Tool Licence renewal. 24 months unlimited software usage and maintenance. Renewal of software licence was critical in connection with the document searches for the IBRC Commission of Investigation. |
€17,928.88. |
|
2020 |
Vodafone Ireland |
Provision of certain international mobile services, and handsets as required. The Department will be undertaking a competitive tendering process for these services in Q1, 2021. |
€18,516.46 |
|
2020 |
Safesend, J2 Global Ireland t/a VIPRE |
Safesend - a data loss prevention add-on for Microsoft Outlook for risk mitigation purposes. 12 month contract Only one suitable supplier. |
€7,128.58 |
|
2020 |
Revolut Ltd |
Aggregated data on spending to assist in the economic analysis of the Covid-19 impact. (Services from May – August) |
Pro bono contract(Nil payments) |
|
2020 |
Capital Economics |
Subscription service providing daily macroeconomic data updates and analysis (12 month contract) |
€15,000 |
|
2020 |
Brambles Deli Café Ltd. |
Catering for official engagement in Farmleigh House. Department was required to use named supplier as it was already contracted to cater for another event at the same venue on the same day. |
€1,302.35 |
|
2020 |
Economic & Social Research Institute |
Joint Research Programme on the Macroeconomy, Taxation and Banking with ESRI. Competitive tendering process not required as under EU Public Procurement regulations, contracts involving research and development are specifically excluded from the regulations. |
Payment to date - €147,974 Anticipated full year contract value - €275,000 |
|
2020 |
McCann Fitzgerald |
Procuring on behalf of the Department legal advice from foreign counsel from three European jurisdictions and provision of supplementary Irish legal advice. Indefinite contract duration (provision of specified work product rather than services for a particular duration) |
€21,304.90 |
|
2020 |
McCann Fitzgerald |
Procuring on behalf of the Department supplementary legal advice from foreign counsel from three European jurisdictions. Indefinite duration (provision of specified work product rather than services for a particular duration). |
Fee estimate: €24,500-€26,500 Nil fees discharged to date. |
|
2020 |
Financial Times Limited |
Online Subscriptions to Financial Times. 12 month contract. Only one supplier for this service. |
€21,394.00 |
