The Department's estimate of expenditure on private consultants for 1992–93 is £1.677 million, including estimates for sport and science which transfer to other departments in the 1992–93 financial year. Decisions on the distribution of the Department's running costs for future years are taken on an annual basis. No estimate can yet be given for 1993–94.
| Consultant |
Assignment |
| 1987 |
| 1. CMG Information Systems |
Development of a new administrative computer system for Her Majesty's Inspectorate |
| 2. CCTA |
Education information study |
| 3. Research Services Limited |
Undergraduate income and expenditure survey |
| 4. Coopers and Lybrand |
Advice on financial delegation to schools |
| 5. Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. |
Review of the preparation and production of inspection reports |
| 6. Spicer & Pegler Associates |
Review of accounting procedures at one of the Department's grant-aided bodies |
| 7. Deloitte Haskins & Sells |
Financial management advice and assistance to the University Grants Committee |
| 8. Deloitte Haskins & Sells |
Review of audit controls over teachers' pensions (payments and contributions) |
| Consultant |
Assignment |
| 9. Loughborough Consultants Limited |
Analysis of universities' responses to the Jarratt report |
| 10. BIS Applied Systems Limited |
Office systems strategy—tele-communications study |
| 1988 |
| 1. Logica Limited |
Technical study in connection with the Department's education information strategy |
| 2. Logica Limited |
Review of teacher information needs |
| 3. Peat Marwick McLintock |
Study of requirements for an integrated Vote and management accounting system |
| 4. CMG |
Specification of needs for the Department's core resource information system |
| 5. BIS Applied Systems |
Communications strategy for HMI |
| 6. FI Group |
Study of ORACLE implementation |
| 7. Ernst Whinney |
Management system for HMI travelling and subsistence |
| 8. ITS Limited |
Training review |
| 9. Coopers and Lybrand |
Study of holding board models for the ABRC |
| 10. Coopers and Lybrand |
Management framework for the control of information systems projects |
| 11. Deloitte Haskins & Sells |
Advice on computer accounting systems for the Department |
| 12. Deloitte Haskins & Sells |
Financial management advice and assistance to the University Grants Committee (UGC). |
| 13. Loughborough Consultants Ltd. |
Research selectivity project for the UGC |
| 14. City University |
Financial services for the UGC |
| 15. Royal Society |
Analysis of the earth science review for the UGC |
| 1989 |
| 1. Digitus |
Desk Top Publishing |
| 2. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Financial management survey of MRC |
| 3. Peat Marwick McLintock |
Financial Survey of SERC |
| 4. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Financial Computer System |
| 5. Peat Marwick McLintock |
Financial Computer System |
| 6. Peat Marwick McLintock |
Student Loans |
| 7. Illston & Crowcroft |
Evaluation of Manufacturing Systems Engineering Programme |
| 8. SCOLL |
IT Specialist Productivity |
| 9. BIS |
CRAMM Reviews |
| 10. Fearnhart |
Service Desk |
| 11. BIS |
Telecommunications, Darlington |
| 12. BIS |
Data Collection and EDI |
| 13. CMG |
Data Modelling |
| 1990 |
| 1. Ernst & Young |
SARD: Financial management review of Central Council for Physical Recreation |
| 2. Peat Marwick McLintock |
Pensions branch: Pensions administation system |
| 3. PE International |
Developmnent of grade 7 training |
| Consultant |
Assignment |
| 4. PE International |
Development of management training |
| 5. Touche Ross |
Management consultancy: survey of NERC |
| 6. Peat Marwick McLintock |
Feasibility study of commercial funding for development of training materials and production of workshop materials |
| 7. Peter Pierce-Price |
Quality assurance of ECCTIS 2000 |
| 8. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Youth Service: management implications of the ERA |
| 9. Tunnock and Parish |
Preparation and production of two COMMETT Strand B guides |
| 10. F. Parrott |
Summary report of survey of quality assurance for Computerised Management Information Systems in FE colleges |
| 11. J. Broadbent |
Specialist advisor to Youth Service Unit |
| 12. CMC Management Communicatie-Management Consultants |
Contribution to seminar on Restructuring an Inspectorate |
| 13. Elizabeth Braiden Management and Survey Consultant |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate survey on performance related pay: District Inspectors questionnaire |
| 14. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Comparison of costs and effectiveness of a Her Majesty's Inspectorate Inspection Project with alternative approaches |
| 15. Touche Ross |
Advice on extension of I.MS to Special Schools |
| 16. PE International |
Management consulting for development of branch induction programme |
| 17. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Review of BACS payment system |
| 18. FI Group |
Grant payments system |
| 19. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Network Security |
| 20. LBMS |
Ingres database |
| 21. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Mainframe replacement |
| 22. Butler Cox |
FESR |
| 23. ICL |
CRIS-P report writing |
| 24. SSADM (SCOLL) |
Productivity Improvement Programme |
| 25. Lalcrest |
Productivity Improvement Programme |
| 26. KPMG Peat Marwick |
Annual Business Plan |
| 27. RML |
Advice on technical enhancements to PCs and network |
| 28. KPMG Peat Marwick |
Review of teachers' superannuation scheme |
| 29. Intac |
Videoconferencing |
| 30. Hoskyns |
Resource planning |
| 31. BIS |
Project review of Enhanced Technical Data Service (ETDS) |
| Consultant |
Assignment |
| 32. Oracle |
Evaluation of software for ETDS |
| 33. Henley |
Feasibility of ETDS |
| 34. BIS |
Feasibility study into ETDS. |
| 35. Oxford Computer Training |
Programming Advice |
| 36. Kinesis |
Facilitator in implementation of IT Records Management System |
| 37. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Management of change for IT Records Management System |
| 38. Amtec |
Feasibility Study for Policy Branch Information System |
| 39. Tranrate |
Programming work on New Basic Teachers Record System |
| 40. Radius |
Enhancement and Screen Production on Accounts Payable System |
| 41. ICL |
Report and general support to CRIS-F |
| 42. ICL |
Review Repair Status of mainframe operating system and recommend any necessary additions |
| 43. Two B |
Amendments to Software |
| 44. CMG |
Evaluating Network Carriers |
| 45. Butler Cox |
PIRE of the FESR System |
| 46. BIS |
Full Study for replacement of Data Collection Processing System (DCPS) |
| 47. Oracle |
Benchmark of Hardware for DCPS |
| 1991 |
| 1. Robson Rhodes |
Selection and implementation of Financial Management System for Teacher's Pensions Agency |
| 2. Poplar Consultants |
Accountancy arrangements for Pensions Branch |
| 3. Price Waterhouse |
Financial Management Survey of NCET |
| 4. London University |
Study on innovative uses of non-teaching staff |
| 5. Forvus |
Secondary schools staffing survey |
| 6. High Whiteside |
Consultancy services to Pensions Branch |
| 7. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
Open University review: Study of costs of part-time Higher Education provision in 3 comparator institutions |
| 8. PE International |
Development of Staff Attitude Survey |
| 9. PE International |
Development of Customer Care training |
| 10. KPMG Management Consultancy |
Training needs analysis of proposed Teachers' Pensions Agency |
| 11. McNeil Robertson Partnership |
Development of Teachers' Pensions Agency |
| 12. Coopers Lybrand |
Review of Grant Maintained Schools for internal audit |
| 13. LBMS Ltd |
Development of productivity improvement initiative |
| Consultant |
Assignment |
| 14. Touche Ross |
Budgeting and accounting for DES central services |
| 15. Express Computer Consultants |
Redevelopment of PC express software |
| 16. CSL Ltd |
Grant maintained schools audit |
| 17. EIS Ltd |
Support for Policy Branch Information System |
| 18. Insight Consulting |
CRAMM review |
| 19. Coopers Lybrand |
Advice to schools on service contracts |
| 20. W. S. Atkins |
Policy Branch Information System |
| 21. SEMA Systems |
Procurement consultancies for UNIX/RDBMS purchases |
| 22. LBMS Ltd |
SSADM version 4 case tool support |
| 23. Admiral |
Project management guide for conducting IS projects |
| 24. Derek Etherington |
Sports sponsorship |
| 25. PE International |
Financial management and policy review of the Sports Council |
| 26. Howard Whitehead and Partners |
Management consultancy: survey of ESRC |
| 27. Peat Marwick McLintock |
Feasibility study of commercial funding for development of training materials and production of workshop materials |
| 28. Michael Gill |
Quality assurance of PROSPECT |
| 29. Touche Ross |
Preparation of FE colleges for independence |
| 30. Ernst & Young |
Relocation study for FEFC |
| 31. Brown Associates |
Financial management of ESRC |
| 32. Touche Ross |
Operational research assistance |
| 33. Coopers Lybrand |
Inner city youth work training |
| 34. Neville Russell |
Accounting advice on APS and MBS |
| 35. Price Waterhouse |
Technical advice on financial controls for National Curriculum Council |
| 36. Robert Young |
Rewriting school development plans |
| 37. Software Sciences |
IT strategy for A and B Branch |
| 38. Kinsley Lord |
Management of A and B Branch |
| 39. SEMA Systems |
Consultancy for Schools 4 Branch |
| 40. SEMA Systems |
Support for Schools 1 and TPG UNIX/INGRES systems |
| Consultant |
Assignment |
| 41. MTA Ltd |
Feasibility of use of computers in schools |
| 42. Coopers Lybrand |
Commitment audit and cash flow verification for Bacon's CTC |
| 43. PA Consulting |
Operational research assistance for A and B Branch |
| 44. Forvus Computer Services |
Continuous student record |
| 45. Thorn EMI |
A & B Review |
| 46. Sybase |
RDBMS Trials |
| 47. Kinesis |
Options for connecting PCs to network |
| 48. Kinesis |
Secretariat Review |
| 49. BBT |
ETDS Data Conversion |
| 50. ORACLE |
Programming Her Majesty's Inspectorate T and S |
| 51. Duhig Berry |
Project management for survey projects |
| 52. PE International |
IS Training Strategy study |
| 53. LBMS |
Productivity Improvement |
| 54. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte |
QA consultancy |
| 55. NCC |
Redrafting IS Standard C1 |
| 56. Duhig Berry |
1PSM project |
| 57. BIS |
CRAMM review of PAS |
| 58. Touche Ross |
Re-charging |
| 59. H. Whiteside |
Project management consultancy |
| 60. LBMS |
Independent schools |
| 61. LBMS |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate project SSADM support |
| 62. Admiral |
QMS |
| 63. SD Scicon |
Changeman consultancy |
| 64. Research Machines |
Unix |
| 65. Microsoft |
Scoping study ITIS |
| 66. MSL |
Graphical user interface |
| 67. Thorn EMI |
A and B strategy study |
| 68. Sema Group |
A and B strategy study INGRES support |
| 69. Express Consultancy |
PC consultancy |
| 70. W. S. Atkins |
SSADM consultancy support |
| 71. EIS |
Policy branch information system |
| 72. Oxford Computer Services |
Superbase consultancy |
| 73. Kinesis |
Records management |
| 74. Radius |
Enhancements to PASS software |