§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list those parts of his Department or departmental agencies which were privatised without an in-house bid; if he will indicate the expertise which was absent in his Department or departmental agencies which prevented an in-house bid taking place; which future parts of his Department or departmental agencies he intends to privatise; and which of them do not have the necessary in-house expertise to mount an in-house bid. [29432]
§ Mr. Sproat[pursuant to the reply, 20 June 1995, c. 177–82]: I regret that there was an omission from the reply given by my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State. Following is the complete answer that should have been provided.
Since it was formed in April 1992, my Department and its agencies have contracted out the activities listed. As a newly formed Department, central services had been supplied by former parent Departments and thus there were no existing staff to mount an in-house bid. In order to concentrate on its core policy tasks it was decided to contract out these activities. Activities contracted out in the past and planned for the future, are as follows:
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Let by Activity Name of successful bid Won by in-house bid DNH Minor maintenance Richard Devine No in-house bid DNH Cleaning Ramoneur No in-house bid DNH Reception Manpower plc No in-house bid DNH Payments and Accounts Services Accounts Services Agency No in-house bid The Royal Parks Property maintenance management Tarmac Facilities Management No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kew Palace—Security Services Royal British Legion No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Hampton Court Palace—Gardens Litter Clearance SITA No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Hampton Court Palace Initial Cleaning Services No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Catering De blanks No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Cleaning Swanlux No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Cash Collection Armaguard/Security Express No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Banqueting House—Cleaning Services Sloane Cleaning No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Banqueting House—Security Royal British Legion No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Banqueting House—Porterage Universal No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Banqueting House—Catering 10 companies used—selected by tender No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Banqueting House—Floristry Nancy Ford No in-house bid 1994–95 DNH Provision of works management services for certain properties in central London E. C. Harris No in-house bid DNH Provision of works management services for central ceremonial activities Unicorn Consultancy Ltd. No in-house bid DNH Provision of works services management at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Taylor Woodrow Facilities ManagementNo in-house bid DNH Statue maintenance services Stonewest Ltd. No in-house bid DNH Services relating to Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree and New Year works Building and Property Facilities Management Ltd. No in-house bid DNH Record Storage, Retrieval and Review Britannia Data Management No in-house bid The Royal Parks Management of Car Parking Facilities Apcoa Parking Ltd. No in-house bid The Royal Parks Audit Services Price Waterhouse No in-house bid The Royal Parks Estate management duties Daniel Smith No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces IT Consultants Internet Solutions No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Ticketing/EPOS Systems MHG Systems Select Ticketing No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces HM Tower of London—Window Cleaning Metropolitan No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces HM Tower of London—Computer Maintenance HMSO No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces HM Tower of London—Commercial Guard Force RBLA No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces HM Tower of London—Signage—Moat Gardens HB Sign Company No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces HM Tower of London—Costumed Interpretation Past Pleasures No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces HM Tower of London—Garden Maintenance Ground Control No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Hampton Court Palace—Catering Town and County No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Hampton Court Palace—Costumed Interpretation Past Pleasures No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Hampton Court Palace—Recorded Tour Service Acoustiguide No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Catering De blanks/Digby Trout No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Cleaning Securicor No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Cash Collection Armaguard/Security Express No in-house bid 1995–96 DNH Consultancy for provision of professional support and advisory services relating to other Royal Estate Division works responsibilities Tenders under consideration No in-house bid DNH Services relating to Remembrance Day ceremony works Tendering exercise planned for later in the year No in-house bid DNH Stationery No yet awarded No in-house bid DNH Payments and Accounts Services CSL Managed Services No in-house bid The Royal Parks Car Park Security duties Reliance Security No in-house bid The Royal Parks Entertainment Organiser Not yet awarded — The Royal Parks Royal Parks Constabulary, recruit training Tenders under consideration No in-house bid The Royal Parks Additional Horse Grooming duties Tendering exercise planned for later in the year No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Computer Maintenance LCE Computer Systems No in-house bid
Let by Activity Name of successful bid Won by in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces HM Tower of London—Cash Collection/Counting Security Express No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Catering Securicor No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Cleaning Securicor No in-house bid Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace—Cash Collection Armaguard/Security Express No in-house bid 1996–97 Historic Royal Palaces All Palaces Security Warding Tenders to be invited September 1995, contract to start 1 April 1996 No in-house bid