Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rules and legal framework governing contract variations or modifications to public contracts after award, including the circumstances under which such variations are permitted; and whether contracting authorities are required to publish details of such post-award changes. [47749/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The legal code in respect of contract modifications to public contracts following the award of contract is set out in Regulation 72 of S.I. No. 284/2016 - European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016. This regulation describes the circumstances in which contract modifications are permitted, the rules governing modifications and the obligations on Contracting Authorities who modify public contracts.

My Department has published the Public Procurement Guidelines for Goods and Services to provide a comprehensive interpretation of the public procurement regulations, with specific detail on contract modifications, at sections 186,187 and 188. These guidelines are available on the website of the Office of Government Procurement, a division of my Department, and a copy of these guidelines is enclosed herewith.