Written answers
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Public Procurement Contracts
Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication in his Department. [11177/21]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Bearing in mind the scope of the question it is not yet possible to provide the Deputy with the details requested within the timeframe specified.
Details regarding the COVID-19 specific procurement undertaken by my Department and its Offices last year and year to date in 2021 will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as available over the coming days.
Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication by his Department, by goods and service type in tabular form. [11207/21]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Bearing in mind the scope of the question it is not yet possible to provide the Deputy with the details requested within the timeframe specified.
Details regarding the COVID-19 specific procurement undertaken by my Department and its Offices last year and year to date in 2021 will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as available over the coming days.
Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 25 November 2020, if further details of the three contracts cited will be provided in particular the value of the contracts and the nature of the contract work carried out in tabular form. [10790/21]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The additional details requested in respect of the contracts referred to in reply to Question No. 33 of 25 November 2020 are set out in the table below.
| Contract | Contract Value (ex VAT) | Nature of the contract |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Call Answering Service (ECAS) Awarded February 2018 | ECAS is funded through a call handling fee which is payable by the telecommunications network operators and the telephone call service providers for each emergency call carried on their networks to the ECAS. The estimated value of the contract per annum is €6.9m. | This contract is for the operation of the national Emergency Call Answering Service. The ECAS operator responds to all incoming 112/999 calls in Ireland. Its role is to identify and route the call through to the appropriate Emergency Service (Garda, Fire, Ambulance or Coast Guard and, in cases involving aircraft, Air Traffic Control). The social clauses incorporated into this procurement took the form of contractual clauses relating to the protection of the environment and reduction in energy consumption. |
| Advice on Environmental Assessment (Single Consent) Awarded May 2020 | €12,784 | This contract was for the provision of expert advice on a single statutory environmental assessment. This contract was awarded pending completion of a single supplier framework as referenced below. The social clauses incorporated into this procurement took the form of award criteria through which environmental management practices were assessed. |
| Environmental Assessment Services Awarded October 2020 | The value of the contract is dependent on usage (i.e. the volume of assessments submitted to the Department). The estimated value of the contract over its term is €300,000. | This contract is a single supplier framework for the provision of expert advice on statutory environmental assessments submitted to the Department in respect of offshore geophysical, environmental and seismic survey consent applications and exploratory drilling applications for natural gas and oil exploration and production activities. The social clauses incorporated into this procurement took the form of award criteria through which environmental management practices were assessed. |
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