Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress achieved to date in respect of the tranche of school building projects, which includes a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when this group of schools will proceed to detailed design and construction under his Department's public private partnership programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45675/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The second Schools PPP bundle, which consists of six schools including the school referred to by the Deputy, was handed over to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) in May 2008. The NDFA advertised the bundle in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEC) on 20th May 2008.

This tender competition is being procured using the competitive dialogue procedure as provided for under Community Directive 2004/EC/18 and three Shortlisted Candidates were invited by the NDFA to commence the dialogue process on the 18th September 2008. During this process, the Candidates will develop their design and construction solutions as well as commercial proposals for each of the six schools. A number of formal meetings are underway with each of the Candidates to assess the developing solutions during the dialogue, at the end of which process the NDFA will then invite final, fixed price tenders. The expected timeframe for these final tenders is Summer 2009.

Following evaluation of the tenders received, an announcement on the appointment of the Preferred Tenderer being the most economical advantageous tender is anticipated in early autumn 2009 with construction expected to commence, subject to the planning process, in early 2010.