Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Office of Government Procurement has been involved with the procurement process for a development (details supplied); if so, the date the office became involved; the stage the procurement process is at; the reason for the delay in the procurement process; when he expects the procurement process to be completed and for development to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6562/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Office of Government Procurement has not been involved in the procurement process for the development referred to.  This development is being progressed directly by the relevant local authority and has the potential to yield over 580 mixed tenure residential units on the basis of a 30% social, 20% affordable and 50% private mix.

A portion (56 units) of the 30% social homes to be delivered as part of the development is being progressed in a first phase. The design and the tender documents for these 56 units are now complete and the tender documents will issue shortly, at which stage the statutory procurement timelines will come into play, resulting in contracts being finalised by early Quarter 2, 2018.

The procurement procedure (competitive dialogue) for the development of the rest of the site is progressing.  The local authority expects that the dialogue process will last at least three months, including statutory standstill periods and clarifications, before the project agreement will be finalised. Both developments (the 56 units and the rest of the site) can then be progressed as per planning permissions, phasing and the development agreement between the parties.