Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source
No, not at all but I think there is a deeper question here in that a contract was issued by the State and maybe the tender allowed for a tender that was under the real cost of construction which means the tenderer might try to recoup the actual costs in claims subsequently. There is a big question around the construction of the tender and the whole process at the start. I am not aware of - to use the dreaded word - "learnings" which have gone into the system from this. Companies such as BAM are winning public procurement contracts still. Is the Minister aware of other projects won by BAM with similar characteristics where there were extra claims that led to further costs for the State in the long run?
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