Written answers
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Expenditure
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work conducted by the consultancy on his Department’s behalf, in tabular form. [40219/24]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy for 2023 and to-date 2024 is set out in the tables below.
2023
| Supplier | Purpose | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Actionable Innovation | Life Events Consultancy | €22,678 |
| Agilist Information Technologies | Consulting Services related to the Configuration of Azure DevOps services | €1,000 |
| CAAS | Environmental consultancy related to the proposed Blackpool flood relief scheme | €15,894 |
| Deloitte | Design Action Plan | €18,450 |
| Enviroguide | Environmental consultancy related to the proposed Crossmolina flood relief scheme | €17,786 |
| Ernst & Young | Provision of construction economic advice in relation to price variation mechanisms | €8,533 |
| Economic and Social Research Institute | Preparation of report on the National Development Plan: Priorities and Capacity | €115,964 |
| Future Focused Solutions Partners | Strategic Plan for Commercial Skills | €2,952 |
| Gartner Ireland Ltd | Support Services for a Benchmarking Exercise to establish Value for Money Markers in the Office of Government Procurement’s (OGP) next iteration ICT Professional Services Framework | €49,200 |
| Indecon | Develop recommendations on the value proposition of the Procurement Function | €30,750 |
| Interaccess | Usability testing of OGP eLearning platform | €4,920 |
| Institute of Public Administration | Guidance for Departments preparing action plans to address the recommendations following Organisational Capability Reviews | €15,300 |
| KPMG | External Review of Cloud Environments | €61,500 |
| Lionheart | Board Effectiveness Review for the OGP | €20,664 |
| Mitchell McDermott | Development of templates for International Cost Management Standards (ICMS3) | €28.941 |
| Red C Market Research | Provision of an online client engagement survey for OGP to assure a high quality of client / customer engagement | €15,806 |
| Red C Research & Marketing Ltd | Public Consultation / Survey to better understand the voice of the public on the digitalisation of services | €18,081 |
| Sonas Innovation | Business Analyst SAQ Digital Portal | €21,996 |
| Tangent | Human Centred Design Principles Workshops | €23,700 |
| The Project Foundry | Project Management Consultancy | €42,998 |
2024 (to-date)
Supplier | Purpose | Value |
|---|---|---|
Ascent | Future of EU Cohesion Policy post 2027 (public consultation and report) | €30,319 |
ARUP | Single Supplier Framework Contract for the provision of Construction Related Technical Advisory Services to OGP for the Capital Works Management Framework Review | €13,773 |
Arvo Consultancy | Support in developing a national framework for the procurement of design services by public bodies | €11,070 |
Deloitte Consulting | Review of MyGovID on eIDAS LOA | €49,500 |
Deloitte Ireland | Consultancy on design of Life Events | €113,836 |
Enviroguide | Environmental consultancy related to the proposed Crossmolina flood relief scheme | €3,690 |
Future Focused Solutions Partners | Strategic plan for Commercial Skills | €2,952 |
Indecon | Develop recommendations on the value proposition of the Procurement Function | €30,135 |
Institute of Public Administration | Employee Engagement Survey Development | €3,690 |
KPMG | Peer review of updated notional purchase of service rates | €12,000 |
Red C Market Research | Conduct 1 to 1 in-depth interviews with 12 OGP clients to follow on from the 2023 OGP Client Survey | €14,576 |
The Project Foundry | Project Management Consultancy | €731 |
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