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Seanad: Public Procurement: Statements (12 Jul 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...a manner that fully recognises the important role SMEs play in the Irish economy and that public procurement represents significant business opportunities. The remit of the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, is, therefore, to deliver sustainable savings for the taxpayer through centralising procurement across the public service and encouraging SMEs to fully engage in public...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (7 Dec 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...works and have been doing so for decades. They have the resources where they want to or should introduce a social clause based on the information already in the public domain and on what the OGP has put into the public domain and the work it has already done. While it is important that the OGP issue guidelines, and it will shortly, that should not be used as an excuse for local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department awarded a Mobile Voice and Data contract to Vodafone in September 2016 procured through an Office of Government Procurement (OGP) Framework, using a Supplementary Response Framework Tender.  My Department is currently preparing to undertake a competitive tendering process in conjunction with the OGP again for our voice and data services, the contract for which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I invite the Chairman and the committee to carry out a helpful exercise, and I know it is because I have done it myself. I suggest that they go through a tender process in the offices of the OGP. They can see what a business must go through to get into one of the frameworks. Members will see the different steps that must be taken. We are considering ways to simplify the process further,...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: One of my first actions when I took responsibility for this area was to meet with the people in charge of the OGP, given that it is such an important area, as the Deputy pointed out. Given the amount the State spends on procurement, the OGP is incredibly powerful. We can use this economic soft power for many good things, including getting value for money, as we are trying to do. This does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I do not know if it is a statutory body. It is made up of representatives of the local authorities. They interact with the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, on the frameworks to be put in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes, over time. Again, it is dependent on how much a local authority continues to do itself, recognising the thresholds that are in place in regard to reference to the OGP platform.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (9 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: To be fair, enough is never being done in that we must continually reform the process as we introduce it. The Office of Government Procurement, OGP, is a new entity and has done a tremendous amount of work in a short period, but we must continually review what we are doing and get feedback. I will have to discuss Cork again. I visited it with the OGP as part of the work that we were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We have set up the under the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, a mini procurement framework, particularly around rapid build, where we pre-procure a panel and then say to the local authorities, use rapid and use this panel. We are putting in place - if it has not already been put in place - a new one for multi-storey rapid build.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A lot of engagement takes place before a framework for a tender is put in place by the OGP. It engages with the relevant contracting authorities taking on the service, be that a local council or the committee of local councils. It will also engage with industry, recognising that it might have a better understanding of the matter at hand, to see what might be possible under a framework...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (7 Dec 2016)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the bottom line when we procure but that we take into account other factors in procurement contracts and in rolling out pilot projects under social clauses. As the Senator is probably aware, the OGP and I are making a public presentation for Senators and Deputies tomorrow to go through and discuss several issues. If we can give a firm commitment on a date tomorrow we will do that then.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (4 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department's policy is that the Department's Press Office generally provides photographic services when required.  However, on occasions a service provider is selected from the OGP panel in line with the procurement framework. No photography costs have been incurred from the Ministerial allowance available to me. The information requested by the Deputy on expenditure since 2011 has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...procurement advice and services to assist in the delivery of social housing. The Procurement Unit works closely with the other services within the Agency and also works with my Department, the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), Irish Council for Social Housing, Local Government Management Agency, City and County Mangers Association, the Housing Finance Agency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...be asked to submit their views on the criteria to be applied and how they might work. A number of steps will be taken before a framework is opened up and put in place. The Office of Government Procurement, OGP, has four regional locations and we have started to take the office into constituencies. Deputies and Senators are very much in contact with local businesses and small businesses....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...status. In response, some authorities have indicated that a number of approved schemes and new schemes under consideration may be suitable. I expect that some authorities will utilise the OGP Rapid Build framework to help expedite delivery and I expect to be announcing further details in this regard in the coming weeks. The question of utilising rapid build methodologies and other...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...Audit Service has not conducted a VFM audit on insurance in recent years. However, the Local Government Sector, together with Education and Training Boards (ETBs) and the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), set up a Steering Group in 2015 to oversee a VFM review of Irish Public Bodies (IPB), the mutual insurer for local authorities and ETBs. The OGP's Chief Procurement Officer was a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...construction programme.  My Department has also been encouraging the use of Design and Build contracts under the Rapid Build Framework, which includes modular design, set up by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP). An increased uptake on this programme is now evident. My Department has also worked with local authorities to review the processes and procedures for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...in terms of their approved planning status. In response, some authorities have indicated that a number of approved schemes and new schemes under consideration may be suitable. I expect that some authorities will utilise the OGP Rapid Build framework to help expedite delivery and I expect to be announcing further details in this regard in the coming weeks. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...with relevant Local Authorities. Where new schemes are proposed under both Capital and Current programmes, my Department will engage with the Local Authorities to establish if they are suitable for design and build and the OGP Rapid Delivery contractor framework. Updated details in relation to the Programme of Rapid Build projects will be included in each Social Housing Construction...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...developments within a programme, which shows overall time savings, compared with traditional build programmes. To assist in accelerating social housing delivery, the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), in January 2017, established a Framework Agreement with 12 Design and Build contractors for the provision of rapid delivery housing.  This Framework Agreement is...