Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a tender (details supplied) will be published on e-tenders. [24404/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme which tenders to pre-established frameworks of D&B contractors.  

The Deputy will be aware that planning permission has been secured for the project and the Departments Project Management team are currently working on the preparation of the tender documents for the tender and appointment of a Contractor.

In addition, many of the planning conditions attached to the planing permission require the specification and constrution of a significant road network to make the school sites accessible. This road will be delivered by a third party developer. My Department has liaised with the Local Authority and is currently engaged with the third party developer in preparation of a coordinated set of specifications and construction programme which, in accordance with the planning conditions, will be required to be agreed with the Local Authority prior to commencement of construction on-site for either the roads or the schools.  

In parallel with this process, my Department is currently at the second stage of putting in place  the required Framework of Design and Build Contractors to which Design and Build projects can be tendered. Once that framework is established, it is intended that the project for the Carrigtwohill campus will be tendered directly to that framework as early as possible in quarter one of 2021. This process does not require a further tender notice on the etenders web-site.

The ETB and the school authorities will be kept informed as these parallel processes are progressed.