Written answers
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Public Procurement Contracts
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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759. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where her Department or agencies under the aegis of her Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value at the time of tendering, in tabular form. [7500/25]
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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760. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within her Department and agencies under the aegis her Department of in each of the past five years. [7518/25]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 759 and 760 together.
I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth responses are listed in the table below. Bodies under the aegis of the department will respond directly to the Deputy.
| Contractor | Description of Contract | Contract Award Value | Final Contract Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Effective Services (CES) | Provision of report for Three Equality Strategies Study | €75,000 | €74,300.00 |
| Women's Aid | The provision of Support materials and services for employers in developing domestic violence workplace policies | €120,000 | €124,180.31 |
| Fitzpatrick Associates | RFQ for the provision of Mid-Term Evaluation of The EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027 | €48,500 | €48,500 |
| Micromail | MS OFFICE 365 ENTERPRISE E3 | €71,500 | €78,000.00 |
| Paul Boland Consultancy / Invision Software | Lotus Notes Administration and Migration Services | €60,000 | €135,625.00 |
| CDW Limited | Provision of Microsoft Licensing Services | €400,000 | €528,615.00 |
| Auxilion Ireland Ltd | Support to ICT governance board and business systems projects board and business process improvement for the department (Ukraine Response) | €600,000 | €1,221,627.47 |
| Independent Photocopier Services Limited | Managed Print Services | > €144,000 | €70,911.00 |
| Dr Mháire Mhic Mhathúna | RFQ for Systemic Literature Review on effective ways to support minority languages, particularly Irish, through Early Learning and Childcare | €6,699 | €6,699 |
| Mary Immaculate College | RFQ for Consultation Support with regard to the Consultation Process on a Comprehensive Plan for Irish Language Provision in Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare | €37,134 | €37,366.85 |
| Think People | Online Train the Trainer course and Best Practice guidelines document for City/ County Childcare Committees and National Voluntary Childcare Organisations | €22,000 | €22,000 |
| The Change Exploratory | Consultation process for The Department of Children and Youth Affairs | €11,900 | 11,900 |
| IPSOS | Covid survey | €24,000 | €24,000 |
| Maria Quinlan Consulting | Establish a baseline scenario of Traveller and Roma students’ engagement, attendance, participation and retention | €24,500 | €24,500 |
| LGBT Ireland | Provision of a Survey of LGBTI+ International Protection Applicants Living in IPAS Accommodation Centres | €23,000 | €20,593.87 |
| Quality Matters | Commissioning research on/the creation of supports for parents of LGBTI+ youth or questioning youth | €24,905 | €24,905 |
| Timeline Research Ltd | Historical Account of the Life of Alice H. Lister | 9,800 | € 10,055.00 |
| University College Dublin | A scoping review to help develop a proposed new birth cohort for the Growing Up in Ireland study | €115,866 | € 115,866.00 |
| Satya Brink | Provision of Expert Advice for Phase 2 of Growing Up in Ireland - the National Longitudinal Study of Children | €150,000 | € 127,829.22 |
| Ann Sanson | Provision of Expert Advice for Phase 2 of Growing Up in Ireland - the National Longitudinal Study of Children | €150,000 | € 52,585.18 |
| Trigraph Professional Services trading as IT Executive Focus (ITEF) | ICT Business & Systems Analyst to support the ACS Design & Implementation | €189,700 | €102,535.00 |
| Foroíge, The National Youth Development Organisation | Children and Young People's Participation Support Services | 4,241,483 | €3,849,138 |
| Foroige (and BeLongTo) | LGBTI+ Youth Leadership Programme | €24,930 | €34,666.63 |
| Whitelight Events Ltd | Online consultation event | €4,750 | €4,750.00 |
| Fusio Ltd | Design website | 5,414 | €5,414 |
| Involve CLG | RFT 211680 Support for the participation of young Travellers in youth participation structures | €92,400 | €46,200 |
| Insights Health and Social Research | 3 month contract to a rapid Review of international parenting support policy and practice | 6,000 | €6,000.00 |
| Sandra Roe Research | Report of consultations with children and young people on parenting supports | 5,000 | €5,000.00 |
| Maynooth University | SRFT T207606 Review of the current provision of home visiting services for families with babies and young children in Ireland | €140,000 | €99,192.60 |
| The Centre for Effective Services | Request for Tenders to commission a study to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the Children and Young People’s Services Committee (CYPSC) and to inform future resourcing of the Committees | €120,000 | €119,950.00 |
| The Institute of Child Education and Psychology (T/A Europe Profexcel Net Limited) | Provision of the design, implementation and delivery of a research study on Parents in Ireland | €20,000 | €20,000.00 |
| Bridgecastle Information Management Ltd t/a Castlebridge | Data Protection Services in the application of data protection law to the department’s business practices | €100,000 | €66,555 |
| Trilateral Research Ltd | Provision of data protection expertise to support the Department’s data protection compliance obligations | €100,000 | €80,925 |
| Datatrails | Data Protection Expertise | €25,000 | €18,750 |
| Dolores Sullivan | Expertise in Legal Researcher specifically in the context of an investigation under the Commission of Investigations Act 2004 | €30,000 | €45,375 |
| Mastermind Ireland Ltd | Archivist Services SRFT | €100,000 | €27,370 |
| Castlebridge | Expert Advice in relation to GDPR, in particular, but not limited to SARs, on receipt of database and records from the Mother & Baby Home Commission of Inquiry | €120,000 | €62,965.31 |
| ASAP | Provision of Courier Services | €25,000 | 35,122.89 |
| Antalis | Printer Paper | 20,000 | 20,869.00 |
| Eciffo Office Ltd | Stationery and office supplies | €60,000 | 49,923.00 |
| One Complete Solution Limited | RFT 189774 Provision of Facilities Management Services. Management of Montague Court Building | €280,000 | 193,415.00 |
| Mazars | Accounting, auditing & financial services | €200,000 | 189,767.00 |
| Crowleys | Accounting, auditing & financial services | €200,000 | 229,692.00 |
| Arcline | Project Archivist | €100,000 | €12,685.00 |
| JOH Holdings Ltd. Incorporating Superior Storage T/A Document and File Storage. | Record Management Services SRFT > €25,000 | €71,840 | €35,948.20 |
| University of Derby | An End of Year Three Evaluation of the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) | €145,000 | €133,387.58 |
| RSM - Ireland Business Advisory Limited | A Partner to Evaluate the Little Baby Bundle pilot scheme | €70,000 | €71,518.20 |
| Indecon Economic Consultants | Economic Consultants Review of ELC and SAC | €186,100 | €186,100 |
| Stranmillis University | Research of Early Childhood Care Program (ECCE) | €168,706 | €206,906 |
| S3 Solutions | Partner to Evaluate The Little Library and Book-Bags Initiative 2021 and 2022 | €72,000 | €73,839 |
| Field Management Ireland | Provision of Managing Agent for Ireland’s First 5 Little Baby Bundle Pilot Scheme | €200,000 | 199,650 |
| Mazars | CFT 1880078 - A Review Of National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy | €60,600 | €66,450 |
| Trinity College (TCD) | Provision of report on Conversion Therapy | €24,714 | €24,714 |
| Irish Deaf Society | Irish Sign Language Translation of Ireland’s Draft State Report on the UNCRPD | 23,904 | 23,904 |
| Conference Partners International | Hosting, administration and support services for consultation sessions to be run on Ireland’s First Report under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 20,135 | 20,135 |
| ACE Communications | Review, analysis, summary and reporting on the written submissions made as part of the public consultation on Ireland’s First Report under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 6,250 | 6,250 |
| WhiteLight Consulting Ltd. | Online consultation session on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child | €3,750 | €3,750 |
| Insights Health and Social Research | Report into Children’s Rights in light of the State Report to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and engagement with the Universal Periodic Review process | €10,900 | 18,800 |
| Penhouse Design | Graphic design | €10,000 | €11,660 |
| Anthony Douglas Consultancy Limited | Provision of Consultancy Services related to the establishment of a Guardian ad litem Executive Office | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Red Dog Graphics Limited | For the provision of creative assets for use in a Child Rights Awareness Communications Campaign | €32,100 | €32,980 |
| Angela Palmer | For the provision of a research and information specialist in the areas of child protection and welfare and children in care | €70,000 | €77,000 |
| BID t/a BID Services and Public Procurement Services | Procurement Tendering and General Procurement Advice | €100,000 | €80,000 |
| SP3 | Business Continuity Plan | €20,000 | €20,00 |
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