AQW 45858/11-15

Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley
Democratic Unionist Party
Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Tabled Date: 18/05/2015
Answered On Date: 27/05/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 45227/11-15 and given this contract is approaching six years in existence, (i) what was the stated duration of the tender when advertised in 2009; and to list the other tendered for contracts in his Department and its arm's-length bodies over the last three years.

Answer:

Translink has advised that the contract in question commenced on 12/10/2009, with the initial period running until 11/10/2012. There were also contract extensions which allowed the contract to continue to 11/10/2015, when it is scheduled to be retendered.

My Department does not hold the information requested, Central Procurement Directorate would retain information on tenders that it managed for my Department.

Translink has however volunteered a copy of the list of Matters for Approval from April 2012 – March 2015 will be made available in the Assembly Library. This list does not solely relate to tenders but also includes Economic Appraisals and other approvals submitted to Translink’s monthly Executive Committee meetings and Board Finance & Project Tracking Committee meetings.