Written answers
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Department of Defence
Departmental Expenditure
9:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid in each of the past five years in respect of IT services supplied to his Department, in tabular form; the nature of the service provided; if there were tenders sought for each such contract; the successful company or person; the number of staff employed in his Department's IT sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19516/10]
Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The following table provides the information requested in relation to amount paid for each of the past five years for IT Services supplied to my Department, the nature of the service provided, if there were tenders sought for each such contract and the successful company or person. This includes material provided by the Military Authorities on IT services provided to the Defence Forces.
The number of IT staff employed in the Department of Defence is ten in the Dublin Office and thirteen in the Galway office. The Defence Forces IT services are served by the Communications and Information Services (CIS) Corps.
| Year | Nature of Service | Tender Competition | Company/Supplier | Amount Paid € |
| 2010 | ||||
| Corepay Software and Support | Not required | Core International | 5,498.50 | |
| MIF Application Support | Tender competition 2007 | FUJITSU (IRELAND) LTD | 13,943.00 | |
| Online Recruitment | Yes | Candidate Manager | 11,374.00 | |
| Hosting Mil.ie and RDF.ie | Yes | Hosting 365 | 11,176.53 | |
| Technical Assistance Decentralisation Plan | Yes | DQ Networks | 893.75 | |
| Webfarm and Managed Backup Service | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | BT Ireland | 11,516.30 | |
| Website Support | No | Four5One Creative | 1,645.60 | |
| Microsoft Exchange Support 2 years | Yes | Hibernia Evros Technology Group | 11,737.00 | |
| Mail Archive Software Support & Technical Assistance | Not required | Waterford Technologies | 6,512.40 | |
| Total | 74,297.08 | |||
| 2009 | ||||
| MIF Hardware OS Support & Maintenance | Tender won 2004 for hardware contract | SABEO TECHNOLOGIES LTD | 90,739.83 | |
| MIF Application Support | Tender competition 2007 | FUJITSU (IRELAND) LTD | 57,193.50 | |
| Corepay Software and Support 2009 and 2010 | Not required | Core International | 84,136.29 | |
| Windows LAN training and support contract (2009-2010) | Yes (3 year), 2007 | COTTER NETWORKS | 3,900.00 | |
| Online Recruitment | Yes | Candidate Manager | 10,874.25 | |
| Hosting Mil.ie and RDF.ie | Yes | Hosting 365 | 36,146.73 | |
| Information Security | Yes | *information not available for security reasons | 99,703.08 | |
| IT Infrastructure and Security Support | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | Baker Consultants | 28,419.46 | |
| Call Cost Monitoring Software | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | Bandwidth Communications | 1,215.00 | |
| Webfarm and Managed Backup Service | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | BT Ireland | 54,457.78 | |
| Annual Licence & Support - Flexitime System | Not required | Flextime Ltd | 6,220.80 | |
| Website Support | No | Four5One Creative | 4,659.52 | |
| Emailfilter Support | Yes | FutureRange Ltd | 3,523.50 | |
| Migration to MS Exchange email system | Yes | Hibernia Evros Technology Group | 9,221.85 | |
| ASR Software Support (HRM) | Not required | Intelligo Software | 1,162.02 | |
| Mail Archive Software Support | Not required | Waterford Technologies | 5,880.60 | |
| Total | 497,454.21 | |||
| 2008 | ||||
| Corepay Software and Support | Not required | Core International | 69,225.77 | |
| MIF Application Support | Tender competition 2007 | FUJITSU (IRELAND) LTD | 25,235.50 | |
| Windows LAN training and support contract (2008-2009) | Yes (3 year), 2007 | COTTER NETWORKS | 3,900.00 | |
| MIF Hardware OS Support & Maintenance | Yes. New tender competition for 3 years | SABEO TECHNOLOGIES LTD | 150,278.00 | |
| Health Check Upgrades - December 2008 | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | HEWLETT PACKARD (IRE) LTD | 1,800.00 | |
| Online Recruitment | Yes | Candidate Manager | 16,970.25 | |
| Hosting Mil.ie and RDF.ie | Yes | Hosting 365 | 31,172.32 | |
| Information Security | Yes | *information not available for security reasons | 19,622.25 | |
| IT Infrastructure and Security Support | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | Baker Consultants | 18,234.28 | |
| Call Cost Monitoring Software | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | Bandwidth Communications | 1,210.00 | |
| Webfarm and Managed Backup Service | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | BT Ireland | 47,597.59 | |
| Domino Server Upgrade | Yes | Domino People | 2,057.00 | |
| Annual Licence & Support - Flexitime System | Not required | Flextime Ltd | 18,009.64 | |
| Website Support | No | Four5One Creative | 411.40 | |
| ASR Software Support (HRM) | Not required | Intelligo Software | 1,157.26 | |
| Total | 406,881.26 | |||
| 2007 | ||||
| Corepay Software and Support | Not required | Core International | 5,891.04 | |
| Maintenance on Dell Server | No. Subject to existing contract. | DELL (IRELAND) | 3,901.00 | |
| HARDWARE SUPPORT FOR ES40'S and payroll development | No. Subject to an annual renewal of existing agreement | HEWLETT PACKARD (IRE) LTD | 36,697.44 | |
| Windows LAN training and support contract (2009-2010) | Yes (3 year), 2007 | COTTER NETWORKS | 1,650.00 | |
| MIF Hardware OS Support & Maintenance | Yes. 2004 tender for hardware contract | SABEO TECHNOLOGIES LTD | 80,165.00 | |
| Application maintenance for FMS V2 DOD/FM/07 Period 01/01/07-31/12/07 | Not required | VERSION 1 SOFTWARE | 8,107.50 | |
| Online Recruitment | Yes | Candidate Manager | 7,260.00 | |
| Hosting Mil.ie | Yes | Hosting 365 | 23,890.30 | |
| IT Infrastructure and Security Support | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | Baker Consultants | 33,892.10 | |
| Webfarm and Managed Backup Service | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | BT Ireland | 40,411.65 | |
| Annual Licence & Support - Flexitime System | Not required | Flextime Ltd | 7,612.11 | |
| ASR Software Support (HRM) | Not required | Intelligo Software | 3,924.40 | |
| Total | 253,402.54 | |||
| 2006 | ||||
| Payroll Software Maintenance Charges for 2007 | Not required | Core International | 43,232.24 | |
| Corepay Software and Support | Not required | Core International | 18,630.00 | |
| HARDWARE SUPPORT FOR ES40'S and payroll development | No. rolling annual support agreement | HEWLETT PACKARD (IRE) LTD | 41,811.36 | |
| Maintenance Contract 3 Years Support on Printronix P Series Printers | No. Follow-on at reduced price from existing agreement | OKI SYSTEMS (IRELAND) LTD | 15,000.00 | |
| MIF Hardware OS Support & Maintenance | Yes. Tender 2004 for hardware contract | SABEO TECHNOLOGIES LTD | 87,895.00 | |
| Online Recruitment | Yes | Candidate Manager | 91,705.90 | |
| IT Infrastructure and Security Support | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | Baker Consultants | 6,774.79 | |
| Webfarm and Managed Backup Service | No. Ongoing support and maintenance arrangement | BT Ireland | 37,610.53 | |
| Annual Licence & Support - Flexitime System | Not required | Flextime Ltd | 28,466.06 | |
| ASR Software Support (HRM) | Not required | Intelligo Software | 1,914.34 | |
| Total | 373,040.22 |
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