§ Mr.McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many outsourcing contracts were granted by his Department or agencies in each year since 1990, indicating the nature and value of each contract; and if any additional work was added and of what value to(a) Hoskyns/Cap Gemini Segeti, (b) AT and T Istel, (c) EDS, (d) Sema Group, (e) Datasolve, (f) IT Net, (g) Andersen Consulting (h) Centre File, (i) BIS, (j) Telecom Capita, (k) ICL, (l) Digital Equipment, (m) CFM, (n) Siemens, (o) Nixdorf, (p) CMG and (q) Logica. [36956]
§ Sir John Wheeler[holding answer 16 October 1995]: The following outsourced contracts have been awarded:
- (e) Datasolve—Since 1990 Datasolve has provided a hot-site contingency service for the Water Executive mainframe. As this is the only outsourced contract with this company its value cannot be disclosed for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
- (f) IT Net—Two separate contracts for system software and support for the Department of Economic Development.
- 1994–95: £193,613 main contract
- 1995–96: £25,560 main contract
- No additional work was added to the contracts.]
- (i) BIS—Two Separate contracts were awarded for consultancy support.
- 1993–94: £19,500 main contract
- 1994–95: £5,040 main contract
- (k) ICL—a hardware support contract was awarded in respect of the Valuation and Lands Agency computer system, a financial computer system for the Water Executive, road maintenance and traffic accident systems for the Roads Service. As 1994–94 was the only year when more than one contract was in operation the cost of the contracts for other years cannot be disclosed for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
- 1994–95: £249,2178 main contract
- No additional contract work was added to the contracts.
- (l) Digital—An office automation system for the DOE NI. The cost cannot be disclosed because of commercial confidentiality.
209 - (m) CFM—Contracts for the provision of a computer bureau and associated services for NICS Departments and the NIO, data capture for agricultural area aid applications, an accounting system for the Department of Agriculture NI, mainframe computer services for DHSS NI, file storage for the NI Child Support Agency, child benefit payments and giro reconciliation for the Social Security Agency contract programmers and a print and dispatch service for the Rate Collection Agency and a mainframe management contract for the Department of Economic Development.
Main contract £ Additional £ 1991–92 3,520,000 27,000 1992–93 6,128,000 364,000 1993–94 6,146,859 578,000 1994–95 5,706,109 322,125 1995–96 5,162,516 200,000 (q) Logica—A software support contract for the Valuation and Lands Agency and the provision and maintenance of a mainframe for the Department of Economic Development.
Main contract £ Additional £ 1991–92 162,008 137,801 1992–93 246,400 169,173 1993–94 279,300 3,412 1994–95 233,380 58,500 1995–96 229,548 —