§ Lord Cocks of Hartcliffeasked the Chairman of Committees:
Who were the unsuccessful bidders for the Palace of Westminster Message Handling Review and what were the sums involved in the unsuccessful bids.
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham)The unsuccessful bidders were PA Consulting and Ernst & Young. For reasons of commercial sensitivity it is not the practice to reveal the sums involved in the unsuccessful bids.
§ Lord Cocks of Hartcliffeasked the Chairman of Committees:
How the figure of £144,667.18 for the total cost of the Palace of Westminster Message Handling Review was arrived at.
§ The Chairman of CommitteesThe cost of the Message Handling Review was made up entirely of consultants' time as agreed necessary to carry out the work required.
- The days agreed were:
- Managing Partner: 2 days
- Senior Consultant: 14 days
- Consultant: 60 days
- Consultant: 54 days.