AQW 4253/11-15


Mr Raymond McCartney
Sinn Féin
Foyle


Tabled Date: 09/11/2011
Answered On Date: 05/12/2011
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of the Environment to list all the current public contracts within his Department, including to whom each contract was awarded; how the contracts were advertised; and when each contract is next due to go out to tender.


Answer:
The Department does not retain a central register of contracts less than £30k. Due to the high volume of low value contracts, and the significant number of related invoices which would have to be reviewed (approx 34,000 per annum) to ensure accurate identification of all current low value contracts, this information is not available without incurring disproportionate costs.
The Department is currently in discussions with CPD with a view to progressing all contracts over a lower threshold of £20k. In addition to creating potential opportunities for more small and medium sized suppliers, the application of the lower threshold will improve centrally held information on all contracts above £20k.
The Department follows CPD guidance in relation to securing quotations/selected tenders for contracts below £30k which do not require public advertisement.
However, the Department retains a central database of all public contracts over £30k in value which are awarded through the Department of Finance and Personnel, Central Procurement Directorate (CPD). I have detailed at Annex A all current public contracts over £30k, the end date of the contract and to whom each contract was awarded.
In relation to re-tendering, the end date of each contract period has been provided and subject to assessment of operational need for future work and availability of future funding, the re-tendering process, if needed, usually commences around six months before the expiry of the current contract. Re-tendering has commenced for the following two existing contracts which are due for tender early next year:
site maintenance contract, Regional Operations, Natural Heritage, Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA); and
cash transit, Driver Vehicle Agency (DVA).
All public contracts which are awarded through CPD are advertised via:-
e Resourcing NI on the CPD web site;
advertisements in 3 local newspapers – Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Newsletter and Irish News and includes a link ‘new to view’ to the CPD site;
in specialist journals/periodicals (when requested); and
in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) where the EU threshold is exceeded.
Contract Description
Contractor
Name
Contract end date
Air Quality Archive & Website for NI 2009-2012
AEA Technology
March 2012
Campaign advertising – re-think waste
AV Browne Group
Nov 2012
Independent expert review of retail application and Public Enquiry
Colliers International
End of enquiry
Belfast Tall Building guidance
Urban Initiatives
March 2012
Provision of cash services
Securicor
3 months notice
Provision of Technical Accountancy Support Service
CIPFA
March 2012
Road Safety - Appointment of an Advertising Agency
Lyle Bailie International Ltd
July 2012
Teaching Aid Calendar
Rusk Design
Nov 2011
Annual Schools Requisition
ROSPA
Dec 2011
IT/IS Provision (01/06/09 - 31/05/14)
BT Ireland Ltd
May 2014
Events Management 2008-2011 Living History Events
Irish Arms
April 2012
Cleaning/Catering, Omagh
Mountcharles
March 2012
Provision of Driving Theory Testing Services
Pearson Driving Assessment Ltd
June 2014
Personal Protection Equipment
ARCO/JBS Boylan
June 2013
FM Contract (NIDLS/DATACARD)
FUJITSU LTD
August 2013
Taxi Licensing Information System
BT
Oct 2013
MOT 2
Romaha Ltd
2018
Booking Service
Northgate Management Services Ltd
March 2012
Sale of vehicle reg marks
Wilson Auctions
Dec 2012
Supply of consumables for taxi plates
VIP Systems Ltd
Feb 2013
SUN Accounting System
SUN Sisco
Nov 2011
DVA Cash in Transit
GS4
To be agreed
Maintenance Calibration & Vertification of the DVA Weigh Bridge Network in Northern Ireland
Control Ltd
March 2013
Waste disposal
Greenstar NI Ltd
March 2012
Northern Ireland Countryside Survey 2007
University of Ulster
March 2012
GIS Data Support
Compass Informatics
March 2012
Atlas of Breeding and Wintering Birds in GB & Ireland
Bird Watch Ireland
Dec 2011
Field Research & Analysis in Respect of UK Marine SPA Programme
JNCC
Aug 2013
Natural Heritage Research Partnership
Queen's University
June 2018
Survey and monitoring of semi-natural habitats in NI
ADAS UK Ltd
Dec 2011
Developing Standard Site Specific Monitoring Methodologies for ESCR Sites
AECOM
March 2012
Cedar Initiative - Survey, Monitoring and Advisory Services for Species features on Designated Sites 2009/13
National Museums & Galleries of N.I.
March 2013
Cedar Initiative - NIMF 2011/2014
National Museums & Galleries of N.I.
May 2014
Site Maintenance
WB Contracts
March 2012
Site Maintenance
JF McGovern
March 2012
Site Maintenance
SM Cuffey Landscapes
March 2012
Site Maintenance
The Landscape Centre
March 2012
Cedar Initiative - Orchid Ireland
National Museums & Galleries NI
Sept 2012
Saving our magnificent meadows
Plant Life International
Dec 2011
Invasive Species in Ireland
Enviro Centrte Ltd
Dec 2012
Second Survey of Historic Buildings
Paul Logan
March 2012
Second Survey of Lisburn, Banbridge, North Down, Belfast, Castlereagh & Coleraine Council Areas
Alastair Coey Architects
March 2013
IT Facilitator
Transformation Services Ltd
Nov 2011
Northern Ireland Archaeology Forum - Staff & Work Programme
Northern Ireland Archaeology Link
Nov 2011
Provision of archaeological Fieldwork Service
QUB
Nov 2012
Publication of Excavations
Nick Brannon
Nov 2011
Provision of a managed publishing service
The Stationery Office
Jan 2012
Provision of Maritime and Freshwater Archaeological Services 2009 - 2012
University of Ulster
March 2012
Editorial Assistance Contract
Dr BG Scott
Aug 2013
Private Water Supplies Sample collection & Analysis
White Young Green
Jan 2012
Technical Review & Determination of PPC & PAD Applications
Entec Uk Ltd
Sept 2012
Radiochemical analysis of public drinking water sources NI
Health Protection Agency
March 2012
Preparation of a UK Recovery Handbook for Chemical Incidents
Dept for Environment,Food & Rural Affairs
March 2012
Quality waste protocols programme
Environment Agency
Aug 2012
Analytical Sub Contract Framework - Shellfish Flesh
AFBI
Nov 2011
Analytical sub contracting Framework - Macroinvertebrates
APEM Ltd
Nov 2011
Analytical sub contracting Framework - Phytoplankton Identification
Ensis Ltd
Nov 2011
Analytical sub contracting Framework - Diatoms, Macrophytes Lakes, Macrophytes Rivers
Jacobs Ltd
Nov 2011
Analytical sub contracting Framework - Trace Analysis
National Laboratory Services / Environment Agency
Nov 2011
Analyictal Sub Contract Framework - Identification of Lake Profundal
Sweeny Consultancy
Nov 2011
Analytical sub contracting Framework - Benthic Taxonomy & Invertebrate
Unicomarine Ltd
Nov 2011
Research Assistants
QUB
March 2012
Aquacheck 2009 - 2012
Aquacheck Ltd
March 2012
Lease of Lester House Springfarm Industrial Estate Antrim
Oregon Properties Ltd
July 2018
Protective Clothing
ARCO/Antrim Supplies/JSB/O'Sullivan Safety
June 2012
Purchase and supply of mopeds for schools
Piaggio & C spa
March 2014
Legal services for SWaMP2008 infrastructure project
Author Cox Sols
March 2012
PR service for SWaMP infrastructure project
ASG
March 2012
Provision of arboriculture services
Clarke Cunningham Tree Maintenance Ltd
Aug 2012
NICCIP
SNIFFER
March 2012
Recommendation of determination of PPC Permit and PAD applications
AMEC Environmental & Infrastructure UK
June 2012
Designated Keepers of Dangerous Wild Animals and Endangered Species
Specialist Wildlife Services
July 2013
GCMS Triple Quadrupole System
Agilent Technologies
Feb 2012
Ariel monitoring
PDG Helicopters
Sept 2013
Provision of archaeological office related services
Pro-Arc Ltd
Nov 2013