§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to(a) EDS, (b) Andersens, (c) BMI, (d) Capita and (e) Sema since 1992 and the broad function to be carried out by the contractor and the value of the contract in each case. [17604]
§ Mr. BoswellSince 1992 the Department has held no contracts with EDS, Andersens or BMI. Prior to September 1993 there were no contracts with Capita. There were orders placed with Sema before that date; details of these orders are not available, but were fairly insignificant compared with later years.
In September 1993 framework agreements were signed with both Capita and Sema. These agreements have no fixed value. There has been one order placed with Capita; 513W this concerned assistance with the information technology directorate's market testing programme. For reasons of commercial confidentiality, I am unable to reveal the cost of this work. Under the Sema agreement there have been numerous orders having total value of £4,989,000. All concerned project management, systems analysis and programme resources in relation to the development of IT applications software.