Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a legal obligation on the design team or organisation dealing with a tender to inform the winner of the tender of the next closest price, if the difference in price is in the €1 million range; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7778/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the procurement process, the preferred bidder is informed of their score (where price and quality is used to determine the winning bid) or price (where lowest price is the only criteria).

Under procurement procedures, reasons why marks were lost and the relative advantages or disadvantages of the unsuccessful tender in comparison to the successful bidder, should be given. The object of this exercise is to allow unsuccessful bidders to determine why their bid was unsuccessful so that they may make adjustments to their next bid.