Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed)
12:15 pm
Mr. John McKeon:
I believe it was 40% on price and 60% on other factors. I will come back to that. It was not just the Department that evaluated these tenders. The evaluation was also done by the National Development Finance Agency. We had independent members on the board from outside the Department who evaluated the tenders. It was very rigorous. We started off with a prior information notice long before we went to tender. We went through a capacity-building process with people who might like to tender. We did a lot of consultation, Deputy - or Senator. I do not know whether Deputy is a demotion or promotion. The Senator is in the Upper House so it is a demotion.