Departmental Expenditure
Dail Éireann — 2021-09-23
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Colm Burke (FG), Cork North-Central

My question is on the tendering process and when a tender is submitted, where there is a variation between tenders one and five and a 16% gap in the amount being tendered. There is no process or provision for further engagement if there is a sudden increase in the cost of delivering a project between the time the tender is submitted and the time it is accepted by a Department. Can the regulations dealing with tendering be changed to accommodate that?

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Sitting date: 2021-09-23