Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement

2:30 pm

Photo of Aideen HaydenAideen Hayden (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Judging from the contribution of members thus far, it is fair to say that a number of us are concerned to ensure local firms have a reasonable chance to compete for local contracts. There is a point at which the old adage, small is beautiful, is true. I was at first quite pleased with circular 10/14, which issued on 16 April 2014. Appendix 2 to the report sets out a matrix that can be used as a general guide to setting insurance level requirements for routine low to medium risk goods and services. What is a low to medium risk good or service? In other words, what value would it comprise and what type of service is potentially involved?

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