Written answers
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Contracts Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the value and purpose of the contract; if a competitive tendering process was undertaken in line with public procurement best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6460/14]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that all competitive tendering processes in my Department, including agencies under my remit, were undertaken in line with public procurement best practice. The following table outlines the total amount spent on professional fees since the formation of my Department up to 31 December 2013:
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013
| Company Name | Details | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Davy Corporate Finance | Financial and commercial advice regarding the competition for the next National Lottery licence | €853,962.50 |
| IPAG (Ireland) Ltd | Development of Ireland Stat website | €5,056.85 |
| Frank O'Brien | Nominee of the Minister for Finance to the Trust of the Coillte No. 2 Pension Fund | €7,200.00 |
| Ann Clarke | Advisory Services (Social Impact Bonds) | €22,793.87 |
| Peter Smyth Management Consultancy | Provision of Expert Assistance in the establishment of the Office of Government Procurement | €110,700.00 |
| Seamus O'Dwyer | Consultant drafting Public Service Pension Scheme | €3,000.00 |
| Accenture | Review of Central Procurement | €30,750.00 |
| Grant Thornton | Independent Verification of savings arising under the Public Services Agreement | €31,586.40 |
| Grant Thornton | Independent Verification of savings arising under the Public Services Agreement | €24,206.40 |
| Deloitte | Consultancy Support for Public Service Reform | €17,835.00 |
| Ashville Media Services | Design of Taoiseach's Public Service Excellence Awards brochure | €861.00 |
| Harte Hanks Trillium | Configuration of address-matching rules | €2,104.83 |
| National Council for the Blind | Accessibility work on forms | €1,020.00 |
| National University of Ireland Maynooth | ICT Review | €30,750.00 |
| Sureskills | Software training | €750.00 |
| Word Perfect Translations | Website translations | €2,181.17 |
| Gartner | CIO Executive program | €89,198.00 |
| Ergo | Software Development | €27,628.88 |
| Brightwater | IT Contractors (Helpdesk, IT Operations) | €45,981.84 |
| Eolas | IT Contractors (Helpdesk, IT Operations) | €296,851.81 |
| P Boland | Lotus Notes Development | €14,454.69 |
| Storm Technology Limited | SharePoint Development | €238,280.07 |
| Systems Dynamics | IT Contractors (Helpdesk, IT Operations) & JD Edwards Support | €65,017.80 |
| HarveyNash | IT Contractors (Helpdesk, IT Operations) & UI/UX Designer | €92,329.95 |
| Deloitte | Expert external support for development of the Public Service Reform Plan 2011 | €65,914.75 |
| Accenture | Expert external support for development of the Public Service Reform Plan 2011 | €80,465.00 |
| Ashville Media Services | Design of Taoiseach's Public Service Excellence Awards brochure 2012 | €861.00 |
| IPAG Ireland | Development of Ireland Stat website 2012 | €8,439.35 |
| Accenture | External expert support for Review of the Central Procurement Function 2012 | €30,750.00 |
| Deloitte | Expert external support for the implementation of Public Service Reform initiatives 2012/2013 | €75,152.35 |
| Bearing Point | Business Case Analysis for Debt Management 2013 | €135,515.00 |
| Best Practice Group | Readiness Assessment Consultancy for External Service Delivery 2013 | €24,300.00 |
| PWC | Professional administrative advice for outsourcing document 2013 | €6,457.50 |
| PWC | Expert external support for implementation of Public Service Reform initiatives 2013/2014 | €92,250.00 |
| Accenture | Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: Project Implementation Partner | €4,815,019.99 |
| Bearing Point | Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: IT Infrastructure | €2,476,483.66 |
| Harvey Nash | Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: IT Infrastructure | €130,626.00 |
| Brightwater | Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: IT Infrastructure | €181,813.78 |
| Storm Technology | Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: IT Infrastructure | €47,017.54 |
| IPAG (Ireland) Ltd | Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services: IT Infrastructure | €9,840.00 |
| Equita Consulting | Civil Service Human Resource and Pensions Shared Services | €14,426.42 |
| Deloitte | Civil Service Payroll Shared Services Project | €248,237.37 |
| Core International | Civil Service Payroll Shared Services Project: Technology Consultancy Services (including developmental work) | €220,884.63 |
| Ernst & Young | Civil Service Learning & Development Project: Provision of a Baselining Report L&D Functions of Selected Public Service Bodies and the undertaking of a Feasibility Study into their provision on a Shared Services Basis | €84,374.31 |
| Deloitte | Civil Service Banking and Financial Management Shared Services Project: Consultancy Services | €226,552.93 |
| Astec Global | Civil Service Financial Management Shared Services Project: Project Management Services | €63,226.38 |
| Frank O'Brien | Nominee of the Minister for Finance to the Trust of the Eircom No. 2 Pension Fund | €21,600.00 |
| Transparency International Ireland | Funding of €25,735.25 was provided to Transparency International Ireland in 2013 following a competitive tender process to support a public consultation with civil society and the preparation of a report of their recommendations and proposals for potential inclusion in Ireland's Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. | €25,735.25 |
| Kieran McGovern | Independent Mediation for the civil service grievance procedures | €6,987.90 |
| Inge Clissmann | Fee paid in respect of role as Chairperson of the Civil Service Disciplinary Board. | €17,901.57 |
| Third Eye Resolutions | 360 questionnaire development | €7,853.62 |
| Fusio | Domain registration | €83.64 |
| PTools (Parallel Internet Ltd) | Website maintenance | €1,055.35 |
| BA & Associates | Executive coaching | €5,355.00 |
| Cathy Buffini | Executive coaching | €3,330.00 |
| People Resources | Executive coaching | €12,662.00 |
| The Performance Partnership | Executive coaching | €2,405.00 |
| Step Performance | Executive coaching | €10,700.00 |
| Seven | Executive coaching | €16,175.05 |
| The Coaching and Mentoring Partnership | Executive coaching | €7,385.50 |
| Thrive | Executive coaching | €5,853.50 |
| Psychological Consultancy Services | Executive coaching | €6,150.00 |
| An Carn Translations | Translation of report | €283.00 |
| Bradán Publishing | Advertorial | €418.20 |
| Creative A.D. | Revision of Logo | €104.55 |
| James McCabe | Clinical Supervision | €700.00 |
| Karen Ward | Clinical Supervision | €375.00 |
| Melissa Darmody | Clinical Supervision | €560.00 |
| Michael O'Mahony | Clinical Supervision | €300.00 |
| Olive Bourke | Clinical Supervision | €380.00 |
| Gerry Myers | Clinical Supervision | €75.00 |
| Seven | Coaching | €2,250.00 |
| Brindley Advertising Ltd.* | Advertisement in respect of a public consultation on the Regulation of Lobbying | €3,719.83 |
| RedC* | Research to elicit appropriate quantitative information and qualitative feedback from the public on their behaviour and attitudes in relation to the recent proposed constitutional amendment on the powers of Oireachtas Inquiries | €41,043.20 |
| Richard Humphreys* | Legal Advice & Statute Law Reform Director | €179,801.01 |
| Ciara Kennedy* | Statute Law Reform Programme Manager | €52,979.00 |
| Total | €11,487,331.19 |
Office of the Ombudsman, Office of the Information Commissioner, Commissioner for Environmental Information, Standards in Public Office Commission
Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013
| Company Name | Details | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ballard Consultancy | Architectural Consultancy | €2,420.00 |
| Capita Business Services | Auditing | €9,168.00 |
| Dr. Brendan Williams | Report re: Oisin Quinn | €2,500.00 |
| Jim Hehir | Auditing | €1,500.00 |
| Melanie Pine | Auditing/Interview | €3,228.50 |
| Orla Twomey | Auditing | €3,702.75 |
| Pathfinder Execution Ltd | Consultancy/Strategy Review | €56,989.96 |
| SMR | Consultancy/Survey | €2,934.40 |
| Blue Wave Technology | I.T. Consultancy | €1,361.25 |
| System Dynamics | I.T. Consultancy | €37,917.00 |
| Noel Ryan & Associates | Auditing | €13,627.00 |
| Tierney & Associates | Auditing | €11,285.00 |
| Brian Andrews | Auditing | €3,370.00 |
| GBS Re Parl/Health Svc Ombuds | Medical | €11,322.17 |
| Parallel Internet Ltd | I.T. Consultancy | €68,190.00 |
| Medmark | Medical | €430.50 |
| Valuation Office | Valuation | €3,150.00 |
| Sylda Langford | Interview | €200.00 |
| Grant Thornton | Consultancy/Acc | €36,494.10 |
| Liz Howard | Interview | €1,336.00 |
| Securelinx | I.T. Consultancy | €24,484.38 |
| Espion | I.T. Consultancy | €1,210.00 |
| Eoin Carolan | Legal | €1,389.90 |
| Matheson | Legal | €34,534.86 |
| Mason Hayes and Curran | Legal | €180,608.49 |
| Goodbodys | Legal | €334,367.00 |
| Matheson Ormsby Prentice | Legal | €58,557.00 |
| Siobhan Ni Chulachan | Legal fees in O Domhnaill Standards Commission case | €21,344.19 |
| Luan O Braoinan | Legal fees in O Domhnaill Standards Commission case | €30,381.00 |
| Diarmuid McGuinness | Legal fees on Court cases | €92,594.70 |
| Jarlath Fitzsimmons | Legal fees on Court cases | €37,146.00 |
| Maurice Collins | Legal fees in DCC and Quinn v SIPO case | €48,277.50 |
| Niamh Hyland | Legal | €21,466.96 |
| Francis Kieran | Legal | €5,932.00 |
| Darina Flynn | Legal | €125.00 |
| Nuala Butler | Legal | €9,431.33 |
| Ita Mangan | Legal | €615.00 |
| Siobhan Phelan | Legal | €907.50 |
| Tom Power | Legal | €3,960.60 |
| Eamon Galligan | Legal | €2,390.50 |
| Berna Grist | Legal | €5,000.00 |
| Barry Doyle | Legal | €7,380.00 |
| Brian O'Moore | Legal | €6,500.00 |
| Catherine Donnelly | Legal | €11,095.00 |
| Emily Egan | Legal | €1,119.00 |
| Total | €1,211,944.54 |
Public Appointments Service
Professional Fees
From July 2011 to 31 December 2013
| Company Name | Details | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| HW Communications | Assessment of Phone System | €204.00 |
| Specsavers | Eye test to monitor for adverse impact on staff sight through constant use of VDUs | €665.00 |
| Digi-Sign Ltd | IT Certification | €2,070.00 |
| Mullins Cuddihy & Associates | Research services for Senior Executive Recruitment | €1,292.00 |
| Graphics IT | Hosting Online Tests and Customer Surveys | €8,517.00 |
| RITS | Advice and external validation on IT security | €10,003.00 |
| Rachel Teodorini Research | Research services for Senior Executive Recruitment | €5,625.00 |
| Capita Business Services Ltd. | Conducting audits in accordance with the Audit Plan of the Internal Audit Committee | €22,056.00 |
| Tribal Consulting | Conducting audits in accordance with the Audit Plan of the Internal Audit Committee | €2,323.00 |
| Wilson Hartnell | Communications advice on publicity around senior level and other recruitment campaigns | €20,710.00 |
| Lopez Moore Associates | Test Development | €7,500.00 |
| DRS Data Services | Printing of answer sheets for psychometric tests and supply of interpretive scanning software | €15,249.00 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | Executive Search | €65,501.00 |
| Merc Partners | Executive Search | €144,448.00 |
| Brindley Advertising | Placement of recruitment related adverting (including payment to relevant publications) | €379,577.00 |
| Brindley Advertising (Aegis Media Limited) | Placement of recruitment related adverting (including payment to relevant publications) | €959,167.00 |
| MediaVest Ltd. | Placement of recruitment related adverting (including payment to relevant publications) | €23,220.00 |
| Dell Computer (Ireland) | ICS virtualisation consulting | €829.00 |
| SiteImprove Ltd. | Monitoring of website and feedback on user reaction | €26,207.00 |
| Catalysto Limited | Design of documentation/presentation material | €4,852.00 |
| Dal Riada | Executive Search | €18,150.00 |
| Amrop Strategis | Executive Search | €140,999.00 |
| L.C. O'Reilly Timmins & Co. | Legal | €4,000.00 |
| Espion Limited | Audit of web application | €8,236.00 |
| Comms Connectors | Research services for Senior Executive Recruitment | €3,560.00 |
| Odgers Berndston | Executive Search | €36,512.00 |
| InterSearch in Ireland | Executive Search | €17,528.00 |
| Total | €1,928,999.00 |
State Laboratory Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013
| Company Name | Details | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| O' Meara Consulting | Provision of Internal Audit function | €39,339.05 |
Valuation Office/Tribunal Professional Fees From July 2011 to 31 December 2013
| Company Name | Details | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Deloitte & Touche | Internal Audit | €31,289.11 |
| Jerry O'Sullivan (Polygon) | Geographic Information System development | €18,725.00 |
| Tierney & Associates | Risk & Governance Consultant | €34,137.00 |
| James Aylward | Valuation Advisory Service | €35,524.00 |
| Zing Technology | IT Development Services | €315,535.18 |
| BT Communications Ireland | Consulting | €2,214.00 |
| Lorna Collery | Training | €750.00 |
| Exchequer Software | Accounting Software and Development | €22,548.98 |
| Shannon Consultancy | Training Services | €2,460.00 |
| Paul Boland Consultancy | IT Consultancy | €1,783.50 |
| KPMG | Valuation Office Advisory Service | €12,300.00 |
| Declan Kearney Consulting | Training Services | €800.00 |
| Brandon Consulting Ltd. | IT Consultancy | €2,583.00 |
| Land and Property Service of Northern Ireland | Valuation Office Advisory Service | €4,372.28 |
| Dara Creative | IT Development Service | €7,970.40 |
| JD Printing T/A Snap | IT Consultancy | €4,231.20 |
| Sofia Vargas Costa | Archivist | €6,580.00 |
| Kelticweb | IT Development Service | €1,783.50 |
| Total | €505,587.15 |
Special EU Programmes Body Table 1 *
Professional Fees
Contracts funded via Administration Budget Irish Funding
From July 2011 to 31 December 2013
| Company Name | Details | Amount ( Sterling) |
|---|---|---|
| McGrigors | Legal Services NI - 1 year | £16,594.56 |
| Elliot Duffy Garrett | Legal Services | £1,978.00 |
| Pinsent Mason | Legal Services | £2,131.08 |
| DFP | Internal Audit | £30,458.40 |
| Elliot Duffy Garrett | Legal Services | £29,008.00 |
| Total | £80,170.04 |
Special EU Programmes Body Table 2 *
Professional Fees
Contracts funded via Technical Assistance Gross Irish Contribution before EU Refund
From July 2011 to 31 December 2013
| Company Name | Details | Amount (Sterling) |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Cooper | To provide photography services for SEUPB | £9,065.00 |
| Goldblatt McGuigan | Forensic Audit of PEACEIII Programmes | £6,526.80 |
| ASM Horwath | Forensic Audit - INTERREG IIIA Project (Bytel) | £10,641.22 |
| ASM Horwath | Economic Appraisal to review EA Creative Futures Programme | £913.75 |
| PriceWaterhouseCooper | Audit of PEACE III projects | £717.95 |
| Cogent Management | Economic Appraisal Irish Churches Peace Project | £290.08 |
| ASM Horwath | Economic Appraisal Quayside Mooring/Pontoon | £754.93 |
| Cogent Management | Economic Appraisal Girdwood Community Hub | £725.20 |
| Language Direct | Irish Translation Services | £2,202.80 |
| Grant Thornton | Economic Appraisal Glen Community Complex | £81.59 |
| FPM | Economic Appraisal re extra work on S McConnell | £652.68 |
| Cogent Management | Economic Appraisal -Second review of the Rural Enabler project | £1,178.45 |
| FPM Accountants | Revision of Economic Appraisal EGSA Deaf Communications Network | £360.79 |
| Fpm | Economic Appraisal Clones Erne East Business Plan | £634.55 |
| Michael Cooper | Photography Service Contract | £4,514.28 |
| Arthur Cox | Procurement Training from Solicitor | £1,450.40 |
| Millward Brown Ulster Ltd | Market Research | £4,035.55 |
| Cogent Management | Update on Economic Appraisal Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland REACH project | £634.55 |
| KPMG | Update SPACE Economic Appraisal | £562.03 |
| ASM | Completion of updated Economic Appraisal for the Irish Peace Centres | £686.76 |
| Cogent Management | Completion of updated Economic Appraisal for Prison to Peace partnership: A Paradigm for Peace Building project | £2,447.55 |
| Cogent Management | Completion of updated Economic Appraisal for the Conflict Transformation from Bottom Up II Project | £2,447.55 |
| ASM | Addendum to Economic Appraisal Louth Phase II Peace and Reconciliation Action Plan | £913.75 |
| ASM | Economic Appraisal Addendum to the original NW Phase II Peace and Reconciliation Plan to consider Phase I Slippage | £837.97 |
| Cogent Management | Addendum to original Economic Appraisal Belfast Phase II Peace and Reconciliation Action Plan to consider Phase I Slippage | £906.50 |
| FPM Chartered Accountants | Addendum to original Economic Appraisal Cavan Phase II Peace and Reconciliation Action Plan | £815.85 |
| FPM Chartered Accountants | Update Economic Appraisal for Donegal County Council -Riverine project | £688.94 |
| Navigator Blue | Design and Advertising Services | £8,353.03 |
| RSM McClure Watters | Update Economic Appraisal on Inner City Trust Garden of Relection | £543.90 |
| Cogent Management | Addendum to Economic Appraisal Heroes of th eGreat Seige | £725.20 |
| RSM McClure Watters | 4 Economic Appraisal for INTERREG Applications (Schedule A) | £6,340.97 |
| Cogent Management | 4 Economic Appraisal for INTERREG Applications (Schedule B) | £10,152.80 |
| Cogent Management | Review project plan for peace building and conflict resolution centre project | £1,631.70 |
| McClure Watters | Evaluation of Interreg IV Programme | £5,729.99 |
| SJ Cartmin | PEACE Mid-Term Evaluation | £15,317.67 |
| ASM Horwath | Business Improvements Districts addendum to Economic Appraisal carried out in June 2009 | £741.52 |
| Cogent Management | Review of implementation table and programming plan for Girdwood | £1,631.70 |
| KPMG | Ecomonic Appraisal of Narrow Water Bridge | £3,484.30 |
| KPMG | Economic Appraisal CONEXUS | £2,465.68 |
| RSM McClure Waters | Additional work re Inner City Trust Economic Appraisal | £380.73 |
| An Carn | Supply of Translation Services | £997.56 |
| MRNI | Stakeholder survey | £3,977.50 |
| RSM McClure Watters | Economic Appraisal on Cross Border Observatory INICCO-2 | £1,348.87 |
| ASM | CAWT Verification work on procurement | £1,869.20 |
| RSM | Economic Appraisal Portadown Railway Addendum | £739.70 |
| McCann Fitzgerald | RoI Legal Services - 2 years | £10,750.00 |
| SKM | Energy Technical Advisor | £1,305.36 |
| K McShane | Technical Advisor Engineer Narrow water Bridge | £298.89 |
| Leslie Stannage Design | Professional Design Services | £9,065.00 |
| RSM McClure Watters | New Programmes Ex-Ante Evaluation & Environmental Assessment | £18,862.45 |
| M Cooper | Photography Services | £7,252.00 |
| FPM Chartered Accountants | Economic Appraisal additional work Sligo IT Network | £679.88 |
| FPM Chartered Accountants | Riverine Economic Appraisal | £181.30 |
| Cogent Management | Economic Appraisal Tradelinks | £725.20 |
| Cogent Management | Economic Appraisal Additional work NW Smart Economy Project | £362.60 |
| Cogent Management | Economic Appraisal Additional work NW Regioal Science Park | £725.20 |
| Cogent Management | Updated Economic Appraisal Girdwood Community Hub | £870.24 |
| Kevin McShane | Provision of project management training technical engineer | £1,608.20 |
| CIPFA | Provision of capital procurement training | £2,580.00 |
| Steria | Electronic Records and Document Management | £52,044.00 |
| Corp. Translation Services | Translation Services | £3,870.00 |
| Millward Brown | Stakeholder Survey | £4,035.55 |
| Lindsay Advisory | Economic Appraisal Addendum to Reconciliation through Riverine Project | £217.56 |
| Lindsay Advisory | Economic Appraisal Addendum to Voice from the Valley | £870.24 |
| Cogent Consulting | Update Economic Appraisal for EARLS & South Down/South West project | £1,813.00 |
| Duncan Morrow | Independent analysis of GOLI application, regarding community analysis, Professor Morrow | £90.65 |
| Central Procurement Directorate Department of Finance and Personnel NI | Fees for Project advice/guidance on all matters of Procurement for funded projects | £334,639.00 |
| Total | £574,965.82 |
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