Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Circulars
Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this requirement is met. [55081/25]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.
| Public Body | Compliance with Circular 05/2023 requirement to publish contract award notices for contracts above €25,000 | How this requirement is met |
|---|---|---|
| State Laboratory | Yes | Since 2024, all procurement contracts over €25,000 are completed on an electronic system to ensure visibility and the Procurement Officer signs off on all tenders on this system and then completes the CAN where appropriate. |
| Office of the Ombudsman | Yes | The Office's Corporate Procurement Plan was updated to include the requirements of Circular 05/2023. In particular, it highlights the requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts between €25,000 and €50,000 on eTenders. |
| Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery | Yes | The ORNL procurement policy states that it has a contract register in place, which requires the insertion of a link to the CAN Document (as published on eTenders) when the contract value is over €25,000 and this is subject to an annual compliance audit. |
| Public Appointments Service | Yes | For PAS own procurements, this is addressed in an instruction in its Procurement Procedures, is part of Contract Management training and a quarterly review of all contracts is undertaken by the Procurement Officer. For Office of Government Procurement Framework Agreements, the CANs are published by the OGP for all contracts that PAS draw down from central agreements. |
| National Shared Services Office | Yes | The instructions under Circular 05/2023, including the requirement to publish contract award information for all contracts valued in excess of €25,000, have been added to the NSSO Procurement Policy and embedded in its procurement procedures. The contract register is reviewed regularly to ensure all relevant contract award notices have been published. |
| Office of Public Works | Yes | The OPW uses eTenders to support its procurement activities in line with the relevant legislation and circulars. This includes the publication of Contract Award Notices (CAN) to the OJEU following the conclusion of above threshold procurement processes and other contract award information for below threshold processes. The OPW is currently updating eTenders in respect of concluded procurement processes to ensure that contract award information has been made available. |
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