Europe assessing Irish response to postcode tendering

The European Commission is still assessing Ireland’s response to the flawed tendering process for the country’s €27m postcode system, despite submissions from the Department of Communication to an Oireachtas committee that suggested the matter had been concluded.

The department was criticised by the European Commission for its handling of the tendering process for postcodes after the commission found small companies were unfairly excluded from bidding for the contract to design the system.

The ruling, following a complaint by the head of a Cork-based GPS technology company, found the inclusion of a turnover limit restricted smaller firms from tendering for the contract.