§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those services that have been market tested by his Department and won by the private sector, indicating the organisation that won the tender and its value.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 12 December 1994]: The services that have been market tested by my Department and won by the private sector, together with the organisations that have won tenders, are as follows:
Term Commissions for Architectural and Engineering Design Services:
- —Jefferson Sheard
- —Rogers and Grundy
- —Ferguson Bucknall Austin
- —Lawrence Hewitt Partnership
IT Outsourcing (MVS):
- —Data Sciences
Reprographics Services (ADAS):
- —Rank Xerox
Supply of Overseas Trade Statistics:
- —MDS Transmodal
Library Services (Books and Journals):
- —Dawson UK
- —Swets UK
- —Hammicks
- —Blackwell
- —National History Book Service
- —Dillons
- —Information
General Recruitment:
- —MSL Advertising
- —PA Consulting
- —Austin Knight
Buildings and Estate Management:
- —Balfour Beatty
- —BET
- —MJN
- —Symonds Facilities Management
- —Planned Maintenance Ltd
- —Amey Facilities Management
- —Haden Facility Management
- —Lawrence Hewitt Partnership
- —PSA North East
868 - —Ferguson Bucknall Austin
- —Henry Boot Management
- —Drivers Jonas
- —Knight, Frank and Rutley
Relocation Work (CSL):
- —PE International
Pesticide Residues Testing in Bread:
- —Severn Trent Laboratories
Pesticides Evaluation Work:
- —Applications
- —P Nichols
- —Til Occam Ltd
- —Campden Food and Drink Research Association
- —Hazleton Europe Ltd.
R and D
- —Whitbread plc
- —Paterson Institute: Christie Hospital NHS
- —Animal Health Trust
- —A E Johnston
- —Processors and Growers Research Organisation
- —UMDS—Guys Hospital
- —P E International
- —Ashbourne BioSciences
- —Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants
- —RPS Clouston
- Land Research Associates
- W S Atkins
- Mylnefield Research Service Ltd.
In order to preserve the legitimate commercial confidence of tenderers and contractors and protect the position of my Department in current or future tendering activities, the value of winning tenders cannot be disclosed.