Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2024
135. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work conducted by the consultancy on his Department’s behalf, in tabular form. [40219/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy for 2023 and to-date 2024 is set out in the tables below.
2023
|
Supplier |
Purpose |
Value |
|
Actionable Innovation |
Life Events Consultancy |
€22,678 |
|
Agilist Information Technologies |
Consulting Services related to the Configuration of Azure DevOps services |
€1,000 |
|
CAAS |
Environmental consultancy related to the proposed Blackpool flood relief scheme |
€15,894 |
|
Deloitte |
Design Action Plan |
€18,450 |
|
Enviroguide |
Environmental consultancy related to the proposed Crossmolina flood relief scheme |
€17,786 |
|
Ernst & Young |
Provision of construction economic advice in relation to price variation mechanisms |
€8,533 |
|
Economic and Social Research Institute |
Preparation of report on the National Development Plan: Priorities and Capacity |
€115,964 |
|
Future Focused Solutions Partners |
Strategic Plan for Commercial Skills |
€2,952 |
|
Gartner Ireland Ltd |
Support Services for a Benchmarking Exercise to establish Value for Money Markers in the Office of Government Procurement’s (OGP) next iteration ICT Professional Services Framework |
€49,200 |
|
Indecon |
Develop recommendations on the value proposition of the Procurement Function |
€30,750 |
|
Interaccess |
Usability testing of OGP eLearning platform |
€4,920 |
|
Institute of Public Administration |
Guidance for Departments preparing action plans to address the recommendations following Organisational Capability Reviews |
€15,300 |
|
KPMG |
External Review of Cloud Environments |
€61,500 |
|
Lionheart |
Board Effectiveness Review for the OGP |
€20,664 |
|
Mitchell McDermott |
Development of templates for International Cost Management Standards (ICMS3) |
€28.941 |
|
Red C Market Research |
Provision of an online client engagement survey for OGP to assure a high quality of client / customer engagement |
€15,806 |
|
Red C Research & Marketing Ltd |
Public Consultation / Survey to better understand the voice of the public on the digitalisation of services |
€18,081 |
|
Sonas Innovation |
Business Analyst SAQ Digital Portal |
€21,996 |
|
Tangent |
Human Centred Design Principles Workshops |
€23,700 |
|
The Project Foundry |
Project Management Consultancy |
€42,998 |
2024 (to-date)
|
Supplier |
Purpose |
Value |
|
Ascent |
Future of EU Cohesion Policy post 2027 (public consultation and report) |
€30,319 |
|
ARUP |
Single Supplier Framework Contract for the provision of Construction Related Technical Advisory Services to OGP for the Capital Works Management Framework Review |
€13,773 |
|
Arvo Consultancy |
Support in developing a national framework for the procurement of design services by public bodies |
€11,070 |
|
Deloitte Consulting |
Review of MyGovID on eIDAS LOA |
€49,500 |
|
Deloitte Ireland |
Consultancy on design of Life Events |
€113,836 |
|
Enviroguide |
Environmental consultancy related to the proposed Crossmolina flood relief scheme |
€3,690 |
|
Future Focused Solutions Partners |
Strategic plan for Commercial Skills |
€2,952 |
|
Indecon |
Develop recommendations on the value proposition of the Procurement Function |
€30,135 |
|
Institute of Public Administration |
Employee Engagement Survey Development |
€3,690 |
|
KPMG |
Peer review of updated notional purchase of service rates |
€12,000 |
|
Red C Market Research |
Conduct 1 to 1 in-depth interviews with 12 OGP clients to follow on from the 2023 OGP Client Survey |
€14,576 |
|
The Project Foundry |
Project Management Consultancy |
€731 |
