OPW defends Spanish printing contract

A STATE agency is defending the awarding of a €225,000 contract to a Spanish firm following accusations the move has costs jobs in Ireland.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) said the contract for the supply and printing of forms for the Collector General’s Office, which is part of the Revenue Commissioners, has just been awarded to a printing firm in Bilbao, Spain, because it submitted the most “economically advantageous tender”.

It said the tender, for the three-year contract, submitted by the Spanish firm Vasform, was also at the lowest price of €225,000.