Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
Imagine Communications Group
9:00 am
Mr. Sean Bolger:
There is an opportunity now to ask if there are other future-proofed technologies available. The answer to that is, "Yes". We made the announcement yesterday at the launch. Since last year, we have kept the Department updated on this. It knows what we are doing. The opportunity now is to ask if we can use different solutions. At the moment the problem is that if one is left with one bidder in a process - it is the process that defines that the bidder makes the bid and defines the solution - then who can say the bidder chooses the best and lowest cost solution. That is something we are saying and I want to make it clear in this context. These are all issues that can be and should be addressed by the Department and in the contract to make sure that this is done right. That is the context-----
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