Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 December 2022
322. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature of the work involved; the qualifying criteria that was applied to any company awarded such a contract in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60086/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI can inform the Deputy that my Department procures goods and services in compliance with Directive 2014/24/EU and in line with Procurement Guidelines published by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP).
Information regarding contracts without a current competitive process and deemed non-compliant is published in the annual Appropriation Accounts in 2020 and 2021, extracts of which are set out below.
2020
The Department is compliant with the exception of nineteen contracts in excess of €25,000 (exclusive of VAT) undertaken without competitive process, totalling €4,685,469 as set out below. These contracts are considered non-compliant as they were extended beyond the original contract date without a new competitive process or project. The situation in respect of those contracts at the time of the Appropriation Account was as follows:
- Three contracts with a value of €429,943 have now been awarded.
- Thirteen contracts with a value of €3,789,017 are already in the tender process or making the necessary preparations to go to the market as soon as possible.
- Three contracts with a value of €466,509 were extended to allow for transition to new systems.
Further details of these contracts are set out in the table below.
|
Supplier |
Nature of Contract |
|
Word Perfect |
Translation and interpretation services |
|
Vodafone |
Mobile telephone services |
|
Atos IT Solutions & Services Ltd. |
Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems |
|
Accenture |
Support and maintenance of Department’s IT systems |
|
Accenture |
Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems |
|
Eir |
Telephonists services |
|
Arkphire Security Ltd. |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems |
|
Grosvenor |
Commercial cleaning |
|
Deloitte Ireland LLP |
Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems |
|
Kantar Media |
Evidence based media analysis |
|
Virgin Media Ireland Ltd. |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Derrycourt |
Commercial cleaning |
|
Eir |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Codex Ltd. |
Office stationery supplies |
|
Capita |
Provision of managed services for the Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Momentum Support |
Commercial cleaning |
|
Vodafone |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Eurotext |
Translation services |
|
Shepherds Funeral Supplies |
Mortuary services for Office of the State Pathologist |
2021
The Department is compliant with the exception of eighteen contracts in excess of €25,000 (exclusive of VAT) undertaken without a competitive process, totalling €8,081,078 (exclusive of VAT) as set out below. These contracts are considered non-compliant as they were extended beyond the original contract date without a new competitive process or project. The situation in respect of those contracts at the time of the Appropriation Account was as follows:
- Three contracts with a combined value of €4.2 million have been replaced by new contracts that were competitively procured.
- Competitions to replace eleven contracts with a combined value of €3 million are already in the tender process or the necessary preparations are being made to go to the market as soon as possible.
- Three contracts with a combined value of €788,000 were extended to allow for transition to new systems and
- One contract with a value of €64,000 was extended to facilitate a move to a new site.
Further details of these contracts are set out in the table below.
|
Supplier |
Nature of Contract |
|
Capita |
Provision of managed services for the Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Accenture |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems |
|
Arkphire Security Ltd. |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems |
|
Atos IT Solutions & Services Ltd. |
Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems |
|
Grosvenor |
Commercial cleaning |
|
Eir |
Telephonists services |
|
Derrycourt |
Commercial cleaning |
|
Virgin Media Ireland Ltd. |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Word Perfect |
Translation and interpretation services |
|
Eir |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Vodafone |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Glenbeigh Records Management |
File storage services |
|
Accenture |
Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems |
|
Shepherds Funeral Supplies |
Mortuary services for Office of the State Pathologist |
|
Bidvest Noonan (ROI) LTD. |
Security Services |
|
Vodafone |
Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks |
|
Kantar Media |
Evidence based media analysis |
|
Eurotext |
Translation Services |
2022
Information for 2022 is collated after year-end as part of the preparation of the 2022 Appropriation Account and is not yet available.
