Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Mr. David O'Brien:
All of that was set out in the contract as advertised and in the procurement process. From the outset, the intention to undertake the guaranteed maximum price process was subject to change. That was clear to the tenderers that were taking on the process. From that perspective, everybody would have been aware of the potential. The process is designed to bring people in to work through the issues with the project to arrive at the guaranteed maximum price. Contract modification is covered by a particular article of the procurement directives, which sets out the circumstances in which that can be done. That would have met that. It was-----
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