HC Deb 01 July 1964 vol 697 cc221-4W
107. Mr. Lipton

asked the Minister of Transport how many tenders for over £1 million for new roads have been invited by his Department during the past year; how many different contractors have been invited to tender; if he will give their names; how many times each firm has been invited to tender; and what is the total value of orders being carried out by each firm alone, or in consortium, for his department or other bodies receiving a grant-in-aid from his Department.

Mr. Marples

Following the invitation of tenders, the Ministry let 29 contracts of over £1 million during the year ended 30th June, 1964. The reply to the other parts of the Question consists of the following table of names and figures:

Item No. Name of Firm Number of invitations to tender for Ministry contracts let during year Value of all contracts over £1m. on which engaged Remarks
(a) (b)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
£m.
23 Peter Lind & Co. Ltd. 1 —
24 Sir Alfred McAlpine & Sons Ltd. 3 — See also item 46.
25 Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. 6 9.37
26 Robert McGregor & Sons Ltd. 4 3.93
27 Marples, Ridgway & Partners Ltd. 11 5.13 See also items 41 and 45.
28 J. Miller & Partners (Hayes) Ltd. 3 —
29 A. Monk & Co. Ltd. 14 11.36
30 John Mowlem & Co. Ltd. 3 1.80 See also item 45.
31 William Old Ltd. 1 —
32 Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co. Ltd. 13 9.82
33 Pauling Co. Ltd. 1 —
34 Reed and Mallik Ltd. 3 —
35 Southern Counties Construction Co. Ltd. 1 1.20
36 Tarmac Civil Engineering Ltd. 16 5.36
37 Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd. 4 —
38 Turriff Construction Corporation Ltd. 7 1.41
39 George Wimpey & Co. Ltd. 14 11.93
Companies in Consortium
40 Christiani & Nielsen Ltd. with Lehane, McKenzie & Shand. 5 5.88
41 Kier Ltd. with Christiani & Nielsen Ltd. and Marples Ridgway & Partners Ltd. 1 4.98
42 Kier Ltd. with Sydney Green & Sons (Contractors) Ltd. 4 — For Sydney Green & Sons (Contractors) Ltd. see also items 43 and 48.
43 Sydney Green & Sons (Contractors) Ltd. with Holland & Hannen & Cubitts (Civil Engineering) Ltd. and Kier Ltd. 1 4.75
44 Holland & Hannen & Cubitts (Civil Engineering) Ltd. with John Laing Construction Ltd. 3 —
45 Marples, Ridgway & Partners Ltd. with John Mowlem & Co. Ltd. 1 —
46 Sir Alfred McAlpine & Sons Ltd. with Leonard Fairclough Ltd. 7 11.68
47 Richard Costain (Civil Engineering) Ltd. with Higgs & Hill Ltd. — 6.36
48 Holland & Hannen & Cubitts (Civil Engineering) Ltd. with Sydney Green & Sons (Contractors) Ltd. — 3.25
49 Associated Bridge Builders (a consortium of:—Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd; Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Ltd.; Dorman Long (Bridge Engineering) Ltd. — 6.06
TOTAL 243 £148.97
million
Notes
(a) Invitations to tender are issued only after a preliminary enquiry has established that the firm wishes to tender.
(b) Includes contracts let before the period to which the table relates and covers Ministry contracts and contracts for schemes on which grant is paid to local highway authority. The figures are the tender sums for the contracts in question.