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Thursday, 1 December 2022

Department of Justice and Equality

Departmental Contracts

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and nature of the work involved; the qualifying criteria that was applied to any company awarded such a contract in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60086/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that my Department procures goods and services in compliance with Directive 2014/24/EU and in line with Procurement Guidelines published by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP).

Information regarding contracts without a current competitive process and deemed non-compliant is published in the annual Appropriation Accounts in 2020 and 2021, extracts of which are set out below.

2020

The Department is compliant with the exception of nineteen contracts in excess of €25,000 (exclusive of VAT) undertaken without competitive process, totalling €4,685,469 as set out below. These contracts are considered non-compliant as they were extended beyond the original contract date without a new competitive process or project. The situation in respect of those contracts at the time of the Appropriation Account was as follows:

- Three contracts with a value of €429,943 have now been awarded.

- Thirteen contracts with a value of €3,789,017 are already in the tender process or making the necessary preparations to go to the market as soon as possible.

- Three contracts with a value of €466,509 were extended to allow for transition to new systems.

Further details of these contracts are set out in the table below.

Supplier
Nature of Contract
Word Perfect Translation and interpretation services
Vodafone Mobile telephone services
Atos IT Solutions & Services Ltd. Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems
Accenture Support and maintenance of Department’s IT systems
Accenture Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems
Eir Telephonists services
Arkphire Security Ltd. Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems
Grosvenor Commercial cleaning
Deloitte Ireland LLP Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems
Kantar Media Evidence based media analysis
Virgin Media Ireland Ltd. Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks
Derrycourt Commercial cleaning
Eir Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks
Codex Ltd. Office stationery supplies
Capita Provision of managed services for the Department's IT systems and networks
Momentum Support Commercial cleaning
Vodafone Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks
Eurotext Translation services
Shepherds Funeral Supplies Mortuary services for Office of the State Pathologist

2021

The Department is compliant with the exception of eighteen contracts in excess of €25,000 (exclusive of VAT) undertaken without a competitive process, totalling €8,081,078 (exclusive of VAT) as set out below. These contracts are considered non-compliant as they were extended beyond the original contract date without a new competitive process or project. The situation in respect of those contracts at the time of the Appropriation Account was as follows:

- Three contracts with a combined value of €4.2 million have been replaced by new contracts that were competitively procured.

- Competitions to replace eleven contracts with a combined value of €3 million are already in the tender process or the necessary preparations are being made to go to the market as soon as possible.

- Three contracts with a combined value of €788,000 were extended to allow for transition to new systems and

- One contract with a value of €64,000 was extended to facilitate a move to a new site.

Further details of these contracts are set out in the table below.

Supplier
Nature of Contract
Capita Provision of managed services for the Department's IT systems and networks
Accenture Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems
Arkphire Security Ltd. Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems
Atos IT Solutions & Services Ltd. Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems
Grosvenor Commercial cleaning
Eir Telephonists services
Derrycourt Commercial cleaning
Virgin Media Ireland Ltd. Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks
Word Perfect Translation and interpretation services
Eir Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks
Vodafone Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks
Glenbeigh Records Management File storage services
Accenture Support and maintenance of immigration service IT systems
Shepherds Funeral Supplies Mortuary services for Office of the State Pathologist
Bidvest Noonan (ROI) LTD. Security Services
Vodafone Support and maintenance of Department's IT systems and networks
Kantar Media Evidence based media analysis
Eurotext Translation Services

2022

Information for 2022 is collated after year-end as part of the preparation of the 2022 Appropriation Account and is not yet available.

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