Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion
Mr. Tom Parlon:
What the current contract has driven, what our contractors have an issue with and what the survey we did showed is that contractors are tendering almost at zero margin. The lowest price wins and it does not matter if the last contract you did was a superb job and everyone said it was brilliant, you were efficient and the quality of work was wonderful, while contractor B did the opposite. When it comes to the next contract, it is about the price.
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