HC Deb 14 July 1995 vol 263 cc852-3W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the top 10 suppliers of computer equipment to his Department and its agencies in the last five years, indicating the total value of the contracts received. [34553]

Mr. Hanley

To provide the top 10 suppliers of computer equipment to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its agencies for the last five years would involve disproportionate cost. Details for each of the last three years, covering both computer hardware, h/w, and software, s/w, are as follows:

Supplier Total IT Hardware Software
1992–93
Easams 2,667,087 2,664,141 2,946
Wang UK 2,186,845 2,045,591 141,254
ICL 1,128,347 1,067,687 60,660
Secure Computer Systems 997,312 934,794 62,518
Olivetti 721,850 625,778 96,072
AT and T 459,057 314,311 144,746
Informix Software 372,641 0 372,641
Unitech 355,439 213,822 141,617
Ferranti 312,400 32,400 280,000
Lynwood 310,866 310,866 0
1993–94
Easams 2,979,675 2,843,657 136,018
ICL 1,862,698 1,631,793 230,905
Wang UK 1,269,422 1,254,944 14,478
Lynwood Scientific Dev 1,095,640 1,095,640 0
A T and T 1,084,390 895,860 188,530
Informix 598,686 0 598,686
Uniplex 579,585 0 579,585
Secure Computer Systems 381,784 377,226 4,558
Computer Network Consultants 341,888 331,831 10,057
Unitech 249,265 95,877 153,388
1994–95
Easams 2,764,947 2,752,962 11,985
ICL 2,041,195 1,653,598 387,597
A T and T 1,032,684 864,691 167,992
Lynwood 464,218 464,218 0
Supplier Total IT Hardware Software
Unitech 388,480 328,704 59,776
IQ Software 385,500 0 385,500
Secure Computer Systems 341,162 341,162 0
Wang UK Ltd 292,308 292,308 0
Traderman 163,165 71,441 91,724
Uniflex Group 108,920 0 108,920