§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many firms submitted bids to run the Department's computer centre at Livingston.
Mrs. Gillian ShepherdAfter considering the capabilities of a number of different firms, three companies were invited to tender for running the computer operations at ACC1 Livingston.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether his Department or staff working within his Department, submitted a hid to retain in-house the contract for running the computer centre at Livingston.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe option of running the area computer centre (ACC) in-house was considered on the basis of a full assessment by the line managers concerned of how the ACC would be run in-house under Civil Service management, in the same way as the Department's existing large computer centres. A bid was not made by the Department's staff. The ACC operations at Livingston constitute new work and the jobs of existing civil servants are not affected.