Consultancies

HC Deb 02 April 1990 vol 170 cc400-4W

Mr. Tim Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total amount spent by his Department in 1989 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases; if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1989, giving in each case the name of the consulting firm and the subject of the assignment; and what is the total amount that his Department has budgeted to spend in the current year.

Mr. Forth

[holding answer 28 March 1990]: My Department's expenditure on consultants engaged in the financial year 1989–90 is estimated to be £6,979,000 of which £3,967,000 is for computer consultancy contracts excluding hardware and software purchases. The allocation for 1990–91 will be set shortly in the light of the Department's annual activity and resource management review. Expenditure on management consultants is not recorded separately.

The following is the list of management or computer consultancy contracts awarded for the financial year 1989–90:

Firm and subject of assignment National Computing Centre—Focus Software Quality Paper Update Trichem Consultants Limited—Petrochemical Industry Study Trichem Consultants Limited—Petrochemical Industry Study Trichem Consultants Limited—Petrochemical Industry Study Ernst and Whinney—Inward Investment Study SEMA Group (UK) Limited—IT Security Standards Benchmark—Engineering Computer Survey Martec Associates—Diesel Generating Sets—Market Study Policy Studies Institute—Evaluation of OSTT and AIT Ref (1725) March—Maintenance Initiative Report Coopers and Lybrand—Barriers To Takeover Victor Hausner & Associates—Task Forces Advice and Support On Policy Guidance Taylor Hitec—Famos Management W. S. Atkins—IMM Market Study SEMA—Slumen MR OSI Network Management J. Westgate (Consultants) Limited—OSI Network Study EOSYS Limited—OSI Implementor Groups National Economic Research Association (NERA)— Copyright Protection Study T. William 0lle Associates—Open Distributed Processing Reference Model T. William 0lle Associates—Data Management Reference Model SEMA Group Limited—OSI Upper Layer Architecture Data Dictionary Systems Limited—Study On International Standards Lighting Industry Federation—Certification of Lighting Equipment Secure Information Systems Limited—Cleft Test Evaluation Standardcorp—Nursery Goods European Standards International Project Councellors Limited—Feasibility Study—Open Cast Mine SEMA Group Limited—OSI Upper Layer Architecture Coopers & Lybrand—Scrutiny Of Demand And Funding For Departmental Central Services Malcolm Associates—Safety Critical Systems Business in the Community (BIC)—Enterprise and education Sectoral Initiative Coopers and Lybrand—Environmental/safety controls on chlorinated substances Intermatrix—Study on the Japanese market for speciality chemicals: Opportunity Japan campaign stage II Metra Martech Limited—Expo 92—Spaniards' attitudes towards Britain survey P-Four Consultancy Limited—Open systems technology transfer module (OSTT) Segal Quince Wicksteed Limited—Consultancy initiatives evaluation next phase 1989/90 Dodwell Marketing Consultants—Study on the Japanese market for speciality food and drink PA Consulting Group—Microengineering study British Mining Consultants Limited—Mining sector study in Latin and South America A. T. Kearney Limited—Computer integrated manufacturing market study Artificial Intelligence Limited—Study of the adoption of parallel computing architectures General Technology Systems—HDTV technology market study General Technology Systems—Television studio equipment study QU O-Tec Limited—Materials matter technology transfer programme Ernst and Whinney—USSR consultancy opportunities study Mott Macdonald International—Oman water master plan study Peat Marwick McLintock—IT systems classification study Peat Marwick McLintock—Public purchasing in the excluded sectors HP-ICM—Management best practice/Action briefings Furniture Industry Research Association—Furniture industry study AMTRI—Study into human factor engineering in manufacturing Coal Research Establishment—China coal utilisation study Aspinwall and Co. Limited—Manufacturing sector environmental study Logica Consultancy Limited—United Kingdom input to the ISO lower layer security model Technopolis Limited—Science policy research unit electronic equipment sources study National Council for Educational Technology (NCET)—CD Rom in schools Coopers and Lybrand Associates Limited—Inward investment review Ernst and Young—DTI enterprise initiative scheme contractors review Scoll—DTI IT Security policy development Coopers and Lybrand—CFC market study Sambrook Research International—Evaluation of demonstration firms scheme March Consulting Group—Batteries and accumulators community directive study Coopers and Lybrand—Computing services industry study National Computing Centre—Starts programme management Cox Computer Consultants—Mobile monitoring data processing programme Segal Quince Wicksteed Limited—Study (1) Survey on Otis and Techalert Segal Quince Wicksteed Limited—Study (2) survey on Otis and Techalert Segal Quince Wicksteed Limited—Regional enterprise grants evaulation Roskill Information Services Limited—Chrome market assessment Satellite International Limited—RAL polar platforms instruments studies British Fashion Council—Fashion designer industry market study SEMA Group—Performance testing of manufacturing networks Benchmark Research—The 1989 Eureka materials survey Levelphase Limited—Intelligent documentation advisory system Headway Systems—Castelmaine design support BT Research Labs—Ella behavioural synthesis March Consulting Group—Managing maintenance in manufacturing programme Power Management Associates—Research in hydraulic equipment National Computing Centre—IT security awareness programme for business Trichem consultants—Link asymetric synthesis programme Optimat Limited—Materials technology audits P-E Inbucon—EMC technology transfer campaign Computer Services Association—CSA single European market study Intermatrix Group—Japanese market for aerospace products Peat Marwick McLintock—IT effectiveness report SPG Management Consultants Limited—Market study: Textile machinery Peat Marwick McLintock—Marketing testing and survey of accounts branch services Touche Ross and Company—Assessment of consultancy initiatives in the industry Peat Marwick McLintock—Market assessment study on the recycling of tyres Segal Quince Wicksteed—Consultancy initiatives evaluation next phase—1989–90 PA Consulting Group—Review of the information retrieval services (IRS) Welding Institute The—Market study: United Kingdom welding market PIRA—Study 6: Papermaking machinery PIRA—Study 4: Printing machinery Grant Thornton—Use of information systems in small/ medium enterprises Electrical Installation Equipment Manufacturing Association Limited (EIMA)—House service cuttout market study Corporate Intelligence Group Limited—Construction and earth moving equipment Coopers and Lybrand—Managing into the 90's programme: Review Cousins Stephens Associates—Small firms constraints survey Instruction Set—Consultancy to assess software for press office and IBB Cranfield Institute of Technology—Import substitution mechanical handling Federation of Materials Institutes—Requirements in structural materials technology Topexpress Limited—United Kingdom advancement of the security framework Douglas Westwood Associates—Compressors oil hydraulic and pneumatic control equipment Escovale Research—United Kingdom market for electric motors Corporate Development Consultants Limited—Industry profile of printed cartons in EC market study Instruction Set—Open systems standards market study Aegis Systems Limited—Very small aperture terminals (VSAT) study RAPRA Technology Limited—Rubber and plastics working machinery study Leicester Expertise Limited—Leather plan and machinery market study Price Waterhouse—English unit consultancy PA Cambridge Economic Consultants—Leisure engineering markets study ERA Technology Limited—Market study on cable PIRA—Printing, papermaking and packaging machinery P-E Inbucon—Skill shortage in chemical industry market assessment study Ernst and Young—IMM market with west midlands community assessment study Merz and McLellan—Fabricator industries study Merz and McLellan—Secondary battery industry market study: Import substitution Michael Shortland Associates—Implementation of IED strategy for human computer interaction General Technology Systems Limited—Britain's future competitiveness study A. T. Kearney Limited—Wooden and upholstered furniture market assessment study Quo-tec Limited—Computerised materials data market study Trichem consultants—Review of United Kingdom valve industry Communication Studies and Planning Limited—BNSC's press office distribution system Electronic Publishing Services Limited—European information products and services study PRS Consultancy Services Limited—Automotive components Salford Software Services—OSI user application study Benchmark Research Limited—MAS: CAD/CAE take-up constructional steel Fabrication sector British Ceramic Research Limited—Glass and ceramics machinery Quo-tec Limited—Materials matter case study General Technology Systems Limited—Materials matter case study Institute of Metals—Materials matter case study Andrew Irvine Associates—DTI Enterprise and Education Initiative market study PA Cambridge Economic Consultants—Non-survey methods to evaluate regional policy Electrotech Research Limited—Jessi board support group B.F.P.M.S—Electronic publishing strategic market study Rail Technology Services—United Kingdom light rail transit vehicle market survey British Computer Society (SGES)—Best manufacturing intelligence award Levelphrase Limited—Evaluation and assessment measures for KBS Rapra Technology Limited—Recycling of polymers from scrap products WS Atkins—Environmental monitoring instrumentation market study Fibre Research Consultants Limited—Construction of straw paper pulp mill PDA International—Design and operation of an environmental labelling scheme March Consulting Group—Cadmium community directive market assessment study G. P. Wild (International) Limited—DTI photographic unit's study BIS Mackintosh Limited—Capabilities of European GAAS electronic companies Metra Martech—Single market campaign: barriers to trade Institute of Electrical Engineers—Computer based systems safety practice Ferranti Computer Services—Quantifying software costs estimation John Westgate (Consultants) Limited—OSI products (2nd issue). Ferranti Computer Services—Formal verification support for Ella. Ferranti Computer Services—Sensing/Sensor fusion in complex man-machine systems PA Cambridge Economic Consultants—Evaluation of ICU's task force programme.