Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

To take the national procurement policies, if one wants to buy a box of biros, one is supposed to secure three quotes. There were entities that were interested in quoting and expected an announcement. I am surprised that it happened as early as it did because there was some time to run. I expect people need a lead-in time to make investments and so on. What would have been the downside to going to tender and making sure there was a testing in the marketplace?