Written answers

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Departmental Contracts

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 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. [33266/20]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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From the available information compiled to date by my Department there are seven contracts in 2019 and four contracts to date in 2020 that were approved without competitive tender which are outlined in the table below. We are continuing to liaise with the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation regarding their contracts. The list does not include contracts approved by the former Department of Justice and Equality prior to the transfer of functions last month.

Name of Company / Consultant Contract Details Full Value of Contract (€ ex VAT)
2019
Centre for Effective Services (CES) The contract was engaged to support the ongoing reform of the Targeted Youth Funding Scheme including the roll-out of the Area Profile, Needs Assessment and Service Requirement process, the design and delivery of capacity building measures to support the reform process, and the embedding of processes developed under the Goal programme. Contract duration: 5 months 24,685
Dr Geoffrey Shannon To provide a Report on the Collection of Tuam Survivors' DNA; Contract duration: 5 weeks 10,000
Dr Gráinne Healy Chairperson of the Collaborative Forum of former residents of Mother and Baby HomesContract duration: 6 months 5,850
Fusio Development and service of online public consultation regarding open adoption.Contract duration: 2 weeks 3,325
Institute of Public Administration (IPA) -Consultant To provide consultancy services and project management expertise to the GAL Executive Office (GEO) Project Team.Contract duration: 18 months for 10 days consultancy work 9,500
Mr George Maybury Formative Evaluation of the Collaborative Forum of former residents of Mother and Baby HomesContract duration: until completion of evaluation/Report 2,425
Version1 Support, including licences, for a Financal Management System (software) . Fixed contract and additional drawdown supportContract duration: 1 year 74,385
2020
IPSOS MRBI Wave 1 Poll of Parents to capture data on demand for early learning and care and school age childcare at a point in time in order to plan for phased reopening.Contract duration: 1 month 15,276
IPSOS MRBI Wave 2 Poll of Parents to capture data on demand for early learning and care and school age childcare at a point in time in order to plan for phased reopening.Contract duration: 1 month 14,476
Mr Liam O'Daly Legal services in relation to the Commission of Investigation Mother and Baby Homes BillContract duration: 2 months 2,800
Vidappt Bespoke build of survey of early learning and care and school-age childcare providers to capture data on the physical infrastructure of services and anticipate supply of ELC and SAC places and workers at a point in time in order to plan for phased reopening. Complex phone survey design capturing significant volume of data from 4,500 providers.Contract duration: 1 month 12,960

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