Judge rejects challenge to awarding of €75m retrofitting survey contract

An Abtran tender accused of being 30% below the current cost was found by the judge to be genuine and not abnormally low.

In a judgment delivered last month and published this week, Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy refused KSN’s application for judicial review of SEAI’s decision to award the contract to Abtran. File picture

A losing bidder for a contract to provide surveys for the retrofitting of hundreds of thousands of properties throughout Ireland has lost a challenge to the awarding of the €75m contract.

The contract, which is awarded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), is set to last up to five years. The services include building energy ratings (BERs), surveys, and inspections for domestic and non-domestic properties.