Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
665. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [33272/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department operates in a number of locations in Ireland and approximately 90 locations worldwide. It comprises two Votes: Vote 27 International Cooperation and Vote 28 Foreign Affairs. The policy of the Department is to operate competitive tendering as standard procedure in order to achieve best value for money.
The Department ensures that there is an appropriate focus on good practice in procurement and that procedures are in place to ensure compliance with all relevant procurement guidelines. Procurement takes place in compliance with Directive 2014/24/EU and supported by Procurement Guidelines published by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP).
On occasion, a small number of Department contracts do not undergo a competitive process due to exceptional market or other circumstances. Such contracts are recorded in accordance with DPER Circular 40/02. The majority of the contracts relate to provision of proprietary ICT services or to situations where there was a single suitable supplier available. These contracts are subject to regular review by my Department’s procurement team. Other contracts were extended beyond the original expiry date without a competitive process, or in some cases, contracts had previously been awarded but exceeded the relevant thresholds that now require a new competitive process . The Department has already tendered a number of these contracts in 2020 and will tender the remainder of contacts shortly.
Below are details of relevant contracts for 2019 as returns for 2020 are not available at this time. However, 2020 contracts are being monitored and managed by the Department on an ongoing basis.
|
Company Name |
Contract Details |
Contract Value 2019 |
|
PANEL Southern Cross Consulting Cusack Education Consulting Boyle & Associates Barbara Wilson Dr. Maeve Martin Deirdre Farrell |
Technical Consultants to the Civil Society and Development Education Unit |
€39,000 |
|
Core Financials |
SUN annual support 2019 |
€326,036 |
|
Bearing Point |
Managed Services for APS |
€1,500,000 |
|
Platinum Services |
Provision of VIP Services at Dublin Airport for high level visits to Ireland |
€151,530 |
|
Central Solutions Ltd |
Sharepoint Support and Maintenance |
€101,420 |
|
Butler Technologies |
Encryption Device Support 2019 |
€26,984 |
|
Microsoft |
Microsoft Premier Support Renewal |
€26,255 |
|
Oracle |
Oracle Support 31/03/18-30/03/19 |
€68,994 |
|
Worldsearch Software Corporation |
Support and Maintenance contract for the Cabhair system |
€52,810 |
|
Level Three Technical Support |
Technical Support for the Department's ICT Strategy 2018-2020 |
€409,852 |
|
IT Group |
Helpdesk Support |
€531,540 |
|
Employment Conditions Abroad (ECA) |
Subscription service providing global statistical data on living conditions abroad |
€43,238 |
|
Financial Times |
World-wide access to Financial Times content |
€49,364 |
|
Irish Times |
World-wide electronic access to Irish Times news content |
€38,150 |
|
DHL |
Outbound diplomatic mail service |
€80,000 |
|
TNT |
Inbound diplomatic mail service |
€150,000 |
|
Funshog Office Fit Ltd. |
Office furniture removals, maintenance and general services. |
€99,391 |
|
Accent |
Commercial Cleaning Services |
€462,966 |
|
Grosvenor |
Commercial Cleaning Services |
€30,655 |
|
Eco support |
Commercial Cleaning Services |
€51,121 |
|
Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland |
Architectural Competition Design Team to design and deliver the New Ireland House Tokyo |
€139,665 |
|
Sandfort Language Institute |
Pre post foreign language training |
€38,626 |
|
Alliance Francaise |
Pre post foreign language training |
€32,258 |
|
Cervantes Institute |
Pre post foreign language training |
€26,274 |
|
City Services |
Security for Chancery and Residence Brasilia |
€110,726 |
|
Nexia STT |
Audit of Irish Aid funding under P135 program |
€54,281 |
|
G4S |
Security Contract Embassy - Riyadh |
€70,449 |
|
733 Restaurant Corp |
Catering Services for CG New York |
€80,333 |
|
G4S |
Security Services - Chancery and Residence Jakarta |
€119,312 |
|
ARKHE Risk Solutions |
Security Contract Embassy - Maputo |
€28,236 |
|
CSU BV |
Cleaning Services Embassy and Residence The Hague |
€33,000 |
|
Starplus |
Cleaning Services for Embassy, Consular, Passport Office and Visa Office London |
€33,846 |
