HC Deb 14 May 1985 vol 79 cc94-6W
Mr. Mates

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the contracts with the subject of assignment, awarded to management consultancy firms by his Department in 1984, with the name of the consultants concerned.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The following is a list of contracts awarded in 1984 for management consultancy:

Contract Consultancy firm
Department of Employment
Development of a Telecommunication Network Prolog Ltd.
Sizing study for a Retail Price Index Computer System Pinpoint Ltd.
Sizing study for Departmental Staff Records Computer System Logica PLC
Computer requirements for Economic and Social Division Sevenoaks Business System Ltd.
Development of a Mainframe Computing strategy Yale Data Ltd.
Scrutiny of Legislative and Administrative Burdens Research Associates
Development of a Management Accounting System Peat, Marwick and Mitch
Review of the Top Management Hay/MSL Management
Structure of the Unemployment Benefit System Consultants
Manpower Services Commission
Focusing The Action in Sheffield (Training Division Management) Atkins Planning
Implementation of Management Information Systems for the Skillcentre Training Agency Coopers & Lybrand
Work Measurement in Area Offices International Management Consultants
Supervacs—Design of Telecommunications Network System LDR System Ltd.
Financial Management Accounting System II — Evaluation of Data Communications Taskforce
Applicability & Feasibility of Data Dictionary System within MSC Arthur Young Associates
Financial Management Accounting System II — Systems Requirement Specification Price Waterhouse
Financial Management Accounting System II — General Ledger Package for New Accounting System (GL+) McCormack & Dodge
Spectrum — Head Office Software Enhancement Data Logic Ltd.
Spectrum—Design of Training Division Area Office Procedural Reports Simdell Ltd.
To assist MSC in the Database & Systems Design of a Training Information Framework CACI INC International
To assist MSC in the Database & Systems Design of a Training Information Framework Prolog Systems Ltd.
Investigation of Business Opportunities for the Skillcentre Training Agency Marketing Solutions
To Advise on the Launch of the New Technical Access Centres for the Skillcentre Training Agency Marketing Solutions
Design & Install Market Intelligence System for the Skillcentre Training Agency Marketing Solutions
Review of Fixed Assets Accounting & Control System Price Waterhouse
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

Contract Consultancy firm
Feasibility Study of Information Technology Use in ACAS Ernst Whinney
Office of Manpower Economics
Remuneration Studies Commissioned on behalf of the independent bodies serviced by the OME Hay-MSL Management Consultants/Inbucon Management Consultants Ltd.