HC Deb 24 February 1993 vol 219 cc620-2W
Ms. Mowlam

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

Mr. Waldegrave

The number of consultancy contracts awarded by the Office of Public Service and Science and its agencies(a) in the last 12 months, 1 February 1992 to 31 January 1993, and (b) in the financial year 1991–92 are as follows:

  1. (a) 358
  2. (b) 272.

Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. Waldegrave

The information on total costs of contracts awarded by my Department, including its agencies, HMSO and COI to the management consultants listed is as follows:

  1. (a) Coopers and Lybrand
    • Past 12 months (total cost £177,039)—
    • Supercomputing
    • COI Customer feedback system
    • Consultancy extension for Strategic Assignments
    • Consultancy Service
    • Chartermark Marking Framework
    • 1991–92 (Total cost nil)—
    • No Contracts
  2. (b) Touche-Ross
    • Past 12 months (Total cost £125,335)—
    • Review of Financial Information Systems
    • Market Testing Catering at the London Centre
    • Sunningdale Park Facilities Management Contract
    • Strategy
    • 2 Financial Management Information System (CCTA) Consultancy Support: Full Study (Two contracts)
    • Developing an in-house bid strategy for Market
    • Testing Information Systems/Information
    • Technology
    • Case and the Issues for Management—Quality
    • Assurance
    • 2 Financial Management Information System (CCTA) Acceptance Testing
    • Market Testing experiences
    • Managing Information Systems Provision
    • 1991–92 (Total cost £80,605)—
    • 2 Financial Management Information system (CCTA) Acceptance Testing (Two contracts) Specification for GEMINI Standard Notation
    • 2 Financial Management Information System (CCTA) Consultancy: Full Study
  3. (c) Price Waterhouse
    • Past 12 months (Total cost £444,711)—
    • Objective Setting in Personal Review
    • Charterline
    • Bristol Warehouse Market Testing
    • 1991–92 (Total cost1)—
    • Core Performance Profiles Grades 5–7
  4. (d) Ernst and Young
    • Past 12 months (Total cost £546,272)—
    • 2 FMS on Purchasing at AFRC
    • COI Framework Study
    • Review 3 years performance as an Executive Agency
    • Review of Purchasing Practices
    • Study of Electronic Funds Transfer
    • OPSS Business Unit
    • Market Testing Workshops; Case for Speakers
    • Developing an in-house bid strategy for Market Testing Information Systems/Information Technology
      • 622
    • Development of Generic Guidance for Market
    • Testing (two contracts)
    • Information Technology Infrastructure Library—
    • Information Technology services organisation module improvement/development
    • 2Appraisal and evaluation library development of exec. information systems volume
    • Managing Information Systems Provision
    • 1991–92 (Total cost £413,650)—
    • 1 FMS on Purchasing at AFRC
    • Market Testing
    • Report on International data on Science and Technology
    • 1 Appraisal and Evaluation library development of executive Information Systems Volume
    • Prioritisation of Information Systems—Tool Support
    • GEMINI handbook Technical edition
    • Validation Technical Framework Activity Model
    • Replacement Consultants in Strategic Assignments Consultancy Service
    • Consultancy Support for Government Data Network/CSS
    • Information Technology Infrastructure Library
    • Information Technology Services Organisation Module
  5. (e) Chrichton Roberts Ltd.
    • Past 12 months (Total cost nil)—
    • No Contracts
    • 1991–92 (Total cost nil)—
    • No Contracts
  6. (f) KPMG
    • Past 12 months (Total cost f116,804)—
    • FMS on costing of Research Council contracts with OGDs
    • Future Financial Options for the College
    • 1 Infrastructure Management Scoping Study
    • 1Business Transformation Scoping Study
    • Speaker for Managing Change Workshop
    • 1991–92 (total cost £201,495)—
    • Information Systems Strategy Study
    • Distributed Information Technology Infrastructure Scoping Study
    • 1Infrastructure Management Scoping Study
    • 1Business Transformation Scoping Study
    • Management Consultancy Support for Telecommunications Division
    • Report on International Data on Science and Technology
    • Standards in Competence Frameworks
    • A Management Matters Survey
  7. (g) Leopold Joseph
    • Past 12 months (total cost nil)—
    • No contracts
    • 1991–92 (Total cost nil)—
    • No contracts
    • 1The cost of single contracts is commercial in confidence.
    • 2These contracts were awarded in either February or March 1992 and therefore are included under both the past 12 months and 1991–92.

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