Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of engineering projects completed under contract work management framework since 2009 in tabular form; the costs associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9819/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The details sought by the Deputy are not available centrally. The management of individual contracts is a matter for the relevant contracting authorities and my Department does not have a central coordination role in relation to contracts entered into by all state authorities.

However information on the types of public works contracts that contracting authorities intend to use on public works projects that are advertised on eTenders has been available since 2013 following enhancements made to the eTenders service in 2012.

The Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) was developed to deliver the Government’s objectives in relation to public sector construction procurement reform. It consists of a suite of best practice guidance, standard contracts and generic template documents. The primary CWMF engineering contracts are the ‘Public Works Contract for Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Employer’ (PW-CF3) and the ‘Public Works Contract for Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Contractor’ (PW-CF4). However it should be noted that the ‘Public Works Contract for Minor Building or Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Employer’ (PW-CF5) and the ‘Public Works Short Form of Contract’ (PW-CF6) may also be used for smaller value engineering projects up to €5m (PW-CF5 - €1m to €5m; and up to €1m for PW-CF6).

eTenders is managed by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) and a summary of the number of contract notices published by contracting authorities on eTenders indicating the use of the PW-CF3 or PW-CF4 is set out below. A contract notice indicates a contracting authority’s intention to award a contract and marks the beginning of a tender process, it does not signify whether the process concluded in the award of a contract. Data is only available from April 2013.