Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
626. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [33275/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn accordance with Circular 40/2002, issued by the Department of Finance, my Department completes an annual return in respect of contracts above a €25,000 threshold which have been awarded without a competitive process. These returns are submitted annually to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General as part of the Appropriation Account process.
The return for 2019 contained 20 contracts and details are provided in Table 1.
Table 1 2019
|
Company |
Details |
Value (Exclusive of VAT) |
|
KPMG |
Financial advisory services |
€140,000 |
|
Arthur Cox |
Legal advisory services |
€83,509 |
|
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
Licence Agreement for GIS Software |
€560,000 |
|
GeoDirectory |
Source data for Eircodes and NACE Codes |
€36,000 |
|
Microsoft Premier Support |
Microsoft Technologies support |
€75,558 |
|
Baker Security and Networks Ltd. |
Network Infrastructure and Security |
€28,000 (30% was charged to Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht under an existing Memorandum of Understanding) |
|
PFH Technology Group (Esnard Ltd.) |
CommVault licence and support contract |
€27, 514 |
|
Vodafone |
Telephony services |
€73,825 |
|
Hewlett Packard |
Support on Storage Area Network and Virtual Server Infrastructure |
€97,487.30 |
|
Leonardo |
Replacement magnetron for Shannon Weather Radar |
€41,446 |
|
Vaisala Oyj |
Laser Ceilometers |
€77,142 |
|
Leonardo |
Digital Receiver for Shannon Weather Radar |
€71,471 |
|
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
Training services in Meteorology, Hydrology and Hydrometeorology |
€40,000 |
|
KNMI |
Meteorologist training |
€215,000 |
|
Meteo Modem |
Radiosondes for Valentia Observatory |
€27,328 |
|
Actian Europe Ltd. |
Database software subscription and support |
€88,020 |
|
LS Catering |
Catering services |
€45,913 |
|
Top Security |
Security services |
€20,299 |
|
Inpute |
Support for the Development Application Tracking System and the Foreshore Licensing System |
€35,754 |
|
Arthur Cox |
Legal advisory services |
€67,986 |
The 2020 position will not be finalised until Q1 2021 but the current provisional position is provided in Table 2.
Table 2
|
Company |
Details |
Value (Exclusive of VAT) |
|
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) |
High Performance Computing services for Numerical Weather Prediction |
€1,090,000 |
|
IBL Software Engineering |
Forecaster Workstation and Production System |
€124,559 |
|
Storm Technologies |
Business application rollout in Met Éireann |
€33,806 |
|
HEAnet |
High Performance Computing provisioning at Met Éireann |
€30,000 |
|
Vaisala Ltd |
Software Licensing |
€79,540 |
|
PFH Technology Group (Esnard Ltd.) |
CommVault licence and support contract |
€27, 514 |
|
Actian Europe Limited |
Software licence and support |
€55,880 |
|
Dell Products (Ireland) |
Hardware |
€28,602 |
|
Losberger De Boer |
Temporary mortuary facilities |
€82,139 |
|
Geodirectory |
Source Data for Eircodes and NACE Codes |
€36,000 |
