HC Deb 24 February 1993 vol 219 cc575-6W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to(a) Coopers and Lybrand management consultants, (b) Touche Ross management consultants, (c) Price Waterhouse management consultants, (d) Ernst and Young management consultants, (e) Chrichton Roberts Ltd., (f) KPMG management consultants and (g) Leopold Joseph management consultants, with the total cost of the contracts with each contractor, for (i) the past 12 months and (ii) 1991–92.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

The following contracts were awarded by the Department of Transport:

  1. (i) THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
    1. (a) Coopers Lybrand Management Consultants—
      • A Review of the Inspectorate's Performance Measures.
      • DVOIT Job Costing.
      • TRL's Temporary Finance Director.
      • Independent Assessment and Review of Sale of Marks —Market Testing Assignment.
      • Total cost £178,000.
    2. b. Touche-Ross Management Consultants—
      • HQ Accommodation Study.
      • Preparation of an Operation Requirement for Design and Development of a Property Management Information System for PMT.
      • Preparation of an OR for a Property Management Information System.
      • Total cost £143,000.
    3. c. Price Waterhouse Management Consultants—
      • Advice on personnel arrangements.
      • Total cost £68,000.
    4. d. Ernst and Young Management Consultants—
      • Development of Decision Framework to Assist DOT with European Standardisation.
      • Commission to Design, Develop and Implement a Payroll Modelling System.
      • HQ Accommodation Management Implementation Study.
      • IS/IT Scoping Study.
      • IS/IT Full Study.
      • Total cost £380,000.
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    5. e. Chrichton Roberts Ltd.
      • Total cost Nil.
    6. f KPMG Management Consultants—
      • Pilot Implementation of Project Software.
      • Implementation Study—Business Analysis—Extension to cover Local Authority Issues.
      • Advice on Networking Policy.
      • Network referencing Phase 1
      • Total cost £403,000.
    7. g. Leopold Joseph Management Consultants
      • Total cost Nil.
  2. ii. 1991–92
    1. a. Coopers Lybrand Management Consultants—
      • DVOIT Agency Implementation Support.
      • Study of EC Directive and Rail Liberalisation.
      • Total cost £591,000.
    2. b. Touche-Ross Management Consultants—
      • Accommodation Management Information Study.
      • Property management information system for AOSD.
      • Total cost £105,000.
    3. c. Price Waterhouse Management Consultants
      • Total cost Nil.
    4. d. Ernst Young Management Consultants—
      • Study of the Options of a Payroll Modelling System for PMT.
      • Preparation for the Design and Development of Payroll Modelling System.
      • Total cost £66,000.
    5. e. Chrichton Roberts Ltd.
      • Total cost Nil.
    6. f. KPMG Management Consultants—
      • Assisting in Developing a Management Accounting Model.
      • PMS DOT Implementation Study—Business Analysis.
      • Information Systems Strategy for the Vehicle Inspectorate.
      • Total cost £205,000.
    7. g. Leopold Joseph Management Consultants—
      • Total cost Nil.

Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many contracts for consultancies were awarded by his Department over(a) the last 12 months and (b) 1991–92.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

The following consultancy contracts, including management consultancies, were awarded by the Department of Transport over:

(a) Last 12 months: 298 and (b) 1991–92: 288.

In the case of both (a) and (b) the majority of contracts are in the general and research areas—management consultancy contracts are not a high proportion of the total numbers.

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