Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the tendering process used by his Department for State contracts granted in relation to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic; the name of each company, the services involved; the amount paid to each company in each of the relevant years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4228/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a dedicated Procurement Co-Ordination Unit which assists internal business units and our Offices on a range of procurement matters, as required. We are also guided by various national and international (EU) procurement rules and guidelines.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, 55 procurement contracts were awarded in relation to COVID-19 with a total value of €645,591 inclusive of VAT. A breakdown of these procurement contracts, by goods and service type are attached in tabular form below.

The Deputy should be aware that, in the main, the Department and its Offices use the Office of Government Procurement's (OGP) standard tendering and contract templates in our procurement processes.

As can be seen from the data below, and as outlined in the OGP Information Note “COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Public Procurement”, for above threshold procurements a number of contracts were entered into using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Notification.

Amongst the primary reasons for these procurements included a critical and urgent need to purchase of laptops to enable staff to work from home during lockdown restrictions, and also for urgent legal advice and associated resources, in relation to certain COVID-19 specific business support schemes.

Individual breakdown of procurement contracts for Covid-19 related spending since 2020.

Ref No: 3938/22

Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the tendering process used by his Department for State contracts granted in relation to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic; the name of each company, the services involved; the amount paid to each company in each of the relevant years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4229/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, my Department spent €334,601 on Covid-19 related contracts. The details requested are shown in the table below.

Contracts awarded without competitive tendering are reported by my Department in its Annual 40/02 Reports as required under Circular 40/2002 on Public Procurement Guidelines.