Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - 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)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I have been told that someone might apply for a tender and they must type all their information in a second time, where it might have been there from another bid. So there is a suggestion that it should be stored. That is an IT system shortcoming. We are in the process of obtaining a new e-tenders system. The system for tendering, eTenders, is quite old at this stage. We have been tendering for a new tendering system. We are at an advanced stage on that. I expect that will deliver a better experience, less cumbersome approach and a more up-to-date way of applying to bid for a Government contract.
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