Written answers

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Local Authority Contracts

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the company awarded the contract; and the full value of the contract in tabular form. [33275/20]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with Circular 40/2002, issued by the Department of Finance, my Department completes an annual return in respect of contracts above a €25,000 threshold which have been awarded without a competitive process. These returns are submitted annually to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General as part of the Appropriation Account process.

The return for 2019 contained 20 contracts and details are provided in Table 1.

Table 1 2019

Company Details Value (Exclusive of VAT)
KPMG Financial advisory services €140,000
Arthur Cox Legal advisory services €83,509
Environmental Systems Research Institute Licence Agreement for GIS Software €560,000
GeoDirectory Source data for Eircodes and NACE Codes €36,000
Microsoft Premier Support Microsoft Technologies support €75,558
Baker Security and Networks Ltd. Network Infrastructure and Security €28,000 (30% was charged to Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht under an existing Memorandum of Understanding)
PFH Technology Group (Esnard Ltd.) CommVault licence and support contract €27, 514
Vodafone Telephony services €73,825
Hewlett Packard Support on Storage Area Network and Virtual Server Infrastructure €97,487.30
Leonardo Replacement magnetron for Shannon Weather Radar €41,446
Vaisala Oyj Laser Ceilometers €77,142
Leonardo Digital Receiver for Shannon Weather Radar €71,471
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Training services in Meteorology, Hydrology and Hydrometeorology €40,000
KNMI Meteorologist training €215,000
Meteo Modem Radiosondes for Valentia Observatory €27,328
Actian Europe Ltd. Database software subscription and support €88,020
LS Catering Catering services €45,913
Top Security Security services €20,299
Inpute Support for the Development Application Tracking System and the Foreshore Licensing System €35,754
Arthur Cox Legal advisory services €67,986
The 2020 position will not be finalised until Q1 2021 but the current provisional position is provided in Table 2.

Table 2

Company Details Value (Exclusive of VAT)
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) High Performance Computing services for Numerical Weather Prediction €1,090,000
IBL Software Engineering Forecaster Workstation and Production System €124,559
Storm Technologies Business application rollout in Met Éireann €33,806
HEAnet High Performance Computing provisioning at Met Éireann €30,000
Vaisala Ltd Software Licensing €79,540
PFH Technology Group (Esnard Ltd.) CommVault licence and support contract €27, 514
Actian Europe Limited Software licence and support €55,880
Dell Products (Ireland) Hardware €28,602
Losberger De Boer Temporary mortuary facilities €82,139
Geodirectory Source Data for Eircodes and NACE Codes €36,000

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