Written answers
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Department of Finance
Departmental Expenditure
8:00 pm
Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance the five highest value contracts entered into or authorised by his Department in 2008 for capital spending; the five highest value contracts entered into or authorised for current spending; the company or body awarded the contracts; the value of the contracts; and the nature of the work. [6397/09]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The following tables set out the details requested by the Deputy in relation to the five highest contracts for capital and current spending by my Department for 2008.
| Contracts from Capital Expenditure | ||
| Company or Body awarded contract | Value | Nature of Work |
| € | ||
| Farrell Brothers | 440,309 | Provision of office furniture for new building to facilitate optimum use of floor space |
| Storage Systems Ltd. | 69,986 | Provision of compact mobile shelving for file storage system for new building |
| Carpet Centre | 63,277 | Provision of carpet for new building |
| Detail Furniture | 36,980 | Provision of chairs for conference rooms and offices for new building |
| Detail Furniture | 31,308 | Provision of tables for conference rooms and canteen for new building |
| Contracts from Current Expenditure | ||
| Company or Body awarded contract | Value | Nature of Work |
| Tetra Ireland | €400-500 million | Total potential value for a 10 year contract to provide digital radio communications services and equipment to all emergency and security services of the State on a drawdown basis. Ultimate value dependent on extent of drawdowns used. No Department of Finance expenditure anticipated. |
| Arthur Cox | €1,628,024 | Advice in relation to the Bank Guarantee Scheme and Recapitalisation. |
| Club Travel | €1m estimated | Provision of air travel and related services. Eventual value of contract is dependent on amount of foreign travel undertaken by officials of the Department. |
| DQ Networks | €625,562 | Total potential value for a 5 year contract to provide independent technical and architectural support services on a 24/7/365 basis for the national Government Network. It requires specialist skills and qualifications. |
| Version 1 Software Ltd | 196,144 | Development, ongoing support and hosting(to 31/12/2010) of an electronic solution for the capture, storage, aggregation and reporting of project data, and furthermore to provide an electronic solution for expenditure certification process by providing an electronic audit trail from project expenditure declaration to final payment claim to the EU Commission. This project is part-funded by the European Union Structural Funds under the Technical Assistance Priorities of Ireland's EU Structural Funds Programmes 2007-13. |
The following tables set out the details requested by the Deputy in relation to the five highest contracts for capital and current spending by the Revenue Commissioners for 2008.
| Contracts from Capital Expenditure | ||
| Company or Body awarded contract | Value of Contract (incl. VAT) | Nature of Work |
| € | ||
| Uudenkaupungin Tyovene Oy, Finland | 2,286,343 | Marine Cutter — To facilitate Customs costal detection duties |
| Hibernian Computer Services Ltd. | 746,570 | PCs × 2 lots |
| Oracle/BEA | 585,640 | Software Licence Agreement |
| Fujitsu | 584,979 | M5000 Veritas Cluster Servers |
| Eircom/RSA | 514,526 | ROS PKI replacement |
| Contracts from Current Expenditure | ||
| Company or Body awarded contract | Value of Contract (incl. VAT) | Nature of Work |
| Topaz | 266,200 | Provision of Fuel for Revenue's Vehicle Fleet |
| Ailesbury Contract Cleaning | 227,000 | Daily Office Cleaning — Revenue Offices, Sarsfield House, Limerick |
| OCS One Complete Solution Ltd | 216,013 | Daily Office Cleaning — Revenue Offices, Wexford (Various locations) |
| D.C Kavanagh | 151,119 | The Production and Issue of Corporation Tax Return Forms in 2008 & 2009 |
| Claymon Ltd. | 150,000 | The Provision of a Staff Health Screening Programme |
I have been informed by the Office of Public Works that they are currently collating the information requested by the Deputy and will forward the information directly to the Deputy when this process is completed.
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