The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage awarded more than 120 public contracts for consultancy, works and services of over €25,000 in value in 2021, worth a total of €23.2m.
Department data show that it agreed 123 contracts with private and state companies in 2021, ranging up to €4.2m in value to for the tender awarded to Arkphire to develop IT infrastructure disaster recovery capabilities to ensure business continuity.
Other valuable contracts included €1.1m to German firm Leonardo to supply, install and commission a dual-polarisation weather radar system at Shannon Airport, with a €33,000 paid to the company for maintenance of the Doppler weather radar at the airport.
Some €1.3m was awarded to Bord na Móna to manage infrastructure and restoration works at designated and non-designated raised bogs over a period of two years, while MCG Cleaning Services was paid €949,000 for cleaning services at the Custom House, Met Éireann headquarters and other locations.
Germany engineering firm KISTERS was paid €648,000 to develop a flood integrated communication system for Ireland, and mobile service provider Three Ireland was paid €454,000 for mobile phones and data billing services.
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Dundrum's BEC Consultants was paid €1.1m for its expertise as part of a national survey of fens, one of six services contracts attained by the company, including monitoring coastal habitats and snails, assessments of woodland and grassland sites.
G Russell Plant Hire of Laois was awarded three contracts worth c.€225,000 for the development of boardwalks, parking and fencing at bogs and restoration of the Girley Bog Natural Heritage Area in Co Meath.
Some €300,000 was paid to Prewil Ltd, trading as DC Kavanagh, for the supply and delivery of ballot papers for referendums over three years.
Spanish company Hydrometeorological Innovative Solutions was awarded a contract to develop a multi-hazard early warning system for Met Éireann, worth €570,000 over two years.
Elsewhere, the department paid Belgian firm SYS-INFOR €134,000 for weather balloons for Valentia Observatory, while €106,000 was paid to Citywest-based IT company Ward Solutions for a two-year firewall.
More than €60,000 was paid to Dell for a new server, and Microsoft Ireland was paid €68,000 for cloud support services.
Photo: Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien.
