Written answers
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Contracts
Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the tendering process used by her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [4236/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Details of all new contracts granted by my Department in relation to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic are set out in tabular format below:
Contract - Year | Contractor | Value excl. VAT | Tendering process |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of laptop peripheral devices -2020 | Datapac | €770 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Provision of laptop peripheral devices- 2020 | Data direct | €13,181 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Covid-19 PPE Equipment and Supplies - 2020 | Matbel Ltd | €23,760 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Provision of laptop peripheral devices- 2020 | DCB | €31,058 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| To purchase two (2) guillotines for Computer Control - 2020 | Neopost Ireland Ltd | €31,570 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Purchase of two Folders/Inserters/Envelopers for Computer Control - 2020 | Pitney Bowes | €32,838 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Covid-19 Signage – 2020 | The Printed Image | €36,552 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Covid-19 PPE Equipment and Supplies - 2020 | J&C Hendrick Ltd | €46,780 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Provision of laptop peripheral devices - 2020 | IP Connect | €48,746 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Provision of laptop peripheral devices- 2020 | Bechtle | €56,542 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Webex Licences - 2020 | Vodafone | €71,763 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Supply of Laptops - 2020 | PFH Technology Group | €72,500 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Covid-19 PPE Equipment and Supplies - 2020 | Codex Ltd. | €81,002 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Provision of laptop peripheral devices - 2020 | IT Quotes | €115,755 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Supply of Laptops - 2020 | Dell | €136,900 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| The Supply of Call Centre Services in support of COVID-19 services – April 2020 | Abtran | €139,000 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| The Supply of Call Centre Services in support of COVID-19 services- Oct 2020 | Abtran | €139,000 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Covid-19 PPE Equipment and Supplies - 2020 | Energy Distribution | €204,285 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Supply of Face Masks - 2020 | J&C Hendrick Ltd | €266,500 | Single Supplier Procurement |
| Supplementary Request for Tender (sRFT) for Management Support and Assistance in the establishment and ongoing operation of two new business units (i) the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) scheme area and (ii) the new Jobseekers National Processing Unit - 2021 | BearingPoint Ireland Ltd | €122,508 | Supplementary Request for Tender to DSP Framework |
The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council and the Social Welfare Tribunal. No new contracts were entered into by the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council or the Social Welfare Tribunal in response to COVID-19.
Details of all new contracts granted in relation to Covid-19 by the Citizens information Board are set out in tabular format below:
| Contract - Year | Contractor | Value excl. VAT | Tendering process |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covid-19 Materials Supply & Installation -2020 | 3 Rock | €644.57 | Request For Quotes |
| Covid-19 Materials Supply & Installation- 2020 | Universal Graphics | €5,896.08 | Request For Quotes |
| To provide technical support in the rapid development and rollout of the ‘Request A Call Back service’ hosted on the CIB website, as an effective alternative customer pathway for Citizens Information Service customers, following the suspension of local drop-in services and unprecedented demand levels on the national Citizens Information Phone Service. 2020 & 2021 | Enclude | €12,950 -2020 €750 - 2021 | Single Supplier Procurement |
In the management and reaction to Covid-19, additional drawdown on existing contracts was required and in some instances contract modifications were necessary, for example to undertake the advertising of the Pandemic Unemployment Payments (PUP) and Covid-19 Call Centre helplines etc. In order to facilitate PUP it was necessary to divert Department IT staff and IT contractors from existing work and contracts, to Covid-19 related work, such as the payment of PUP.
I am satisfied my Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department have used existing contracts where possible, since the beginning of the pandemic. However, due to the urgent requirement for some goods and services and the difficulty sourcing supplies during the pandemic, it was necessary, on occasion to award new contracts to a single supplier, without a competitive procurement.
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