Public Procurement Contracts

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2023

Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Ceisteanna (321)

Neasa Hourigan

Ceist:

321. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10131/23]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

Under the terms of contracts with third party suppliers, the Department of Foreign Affairs avails of support services from Microsoft for Microsoft products deployed globally by the Department, including software and hardware licensing.

Annual payments for these services are directly invoiced by Microsoft. Details of payments in the period 2018-2022 are provided below:

Year	Purpose	Description	Total Cost (incl. VAT)
2022	Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing	Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support	€48,838
2021	Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing	Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support	€36,656
2020	Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing	Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support	€33,976
2019	Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing	Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support	€32,393
2018	Technical Support for all Microsoft Products deployed globally by the Department, including Software and Hardware Licensing	Microsoft Enterprise Unified Technical Support	€31,512