§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for the financial year 1998–99(a) the number and (b) the total value of contracts let by his Department with external consultants and advisers that (i) were put out to competitive tender, (ii) were not put out to competitive tender and (iii) were let on a non-commercial basis, stating in each case the names of the individuals or organisations that have carried out the work. [109268]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 9 February 2000]: The figures requested are as follows:
(i) Put out to competitive tender
- (a) 520
- (b) £9,523,828.15
Individuals/organisations
- Admiral
- Advanced Learning Systems
- AMT SYBEX
- Anderson Spratt Group Holdings
- Ase Ltd.
- BDP
- BIC Systems Ltd.
- Britannia
- Capita Management Consultants Ltd.
- Carr Communications
- Centre for Research in HE
- Change Management Consultancy
- Colin Stutt Consulting
- Community Evaluation (NI)
- Community Technical Aid
- Coopers & Lybrand
- Deirdre Fitzpatrick Association
- Deloitte & Touche
- DIBB Lupton and Alsop
- Donald McGrigor
- Dr. Tony Hughes
- DTZ Pieda
5W - EPEC
- Ernst and Young
- FE Development Agency
- FPM Consultancy
- FPM McCormick
- FSL Computer Systems Ltd.
- GPA
- Grant Thornton
- Helm Corporation
- Hillen & Jenkinson
- ICL
- ICL (CFM)
- ICL Multivendor Computing
- ICL Outsourcing Ltd.
- IMI(NI) Ltd.
- James Maguire Associates
- Johnlaird Public Relations Ltd.
- Juran Institute
- KPMG
- London Economics
- M. B. McGrady & Co
- Manchester University
- Matt Dryman
- Mentor Enterprise Development Ltd.
- Microsoft Ltd.
- Mike Brogden (QUB)
- Mitchell Holmes
- Moran Management Development
- Mr. L. Worral
- Northern Bank Factors Ltd.
- OCTA
- Parity Solutions
- Peks (Glass)
- Peritas
- Price Waterhouse
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Psychometric Research and Development
- Real Statistics
- Research & Evaluation Services
- Roy McCune Association
- RPS Cairns
- Saville & Holdsworth
- SGS Yarley
- The Learning Centre
- Trutz Hasse
- Ulster Marketing Surveys Ltd.
- University of Manchester
- Venture International
- Wansboroughs
(ii) Not put out to competitive tender
- (a) 241
- (b) £1,909,749.77
Individuals/organizations
- Advanced Learning Systems
- Ann Barlow
- B. Jenkins
- Bird & Bird
- Cambridge Policy Consultants
6W - CCTA
- CFM ICL and CEICA
- CHKS Ltd.
- Claire Archbald
- Colin Stutt Consultancy
- Coopers & Lybrand
- Costello Associates
- Coutts
- D. Shiels
- David Lock Associates
- David Raynor Services
- Deloitte Touche
- DFK Consulting
- Digital Archiving Services
- DMS Consultancy
- Donaldsons Chartered Surveyors
- Dr. S. Covey
- East Antrim Institute
- Elite Training Services
- Environmental Resources Management
- Ethne Harkness
- Farming & Rural Conservation Agency
- First Consultants Group
- Forestry Commission
- Gilpin Black
- Gordon Dawson
- HCS Ltd.
- Helm Corporation
- Hillen and Jenkinson
- Hughes Associates
- Ian Brown FCA
- ICL Outsourcing
- IFF Research Ltd.
- Irvine McKay
- John Boyle
- Karen Mcllwrath
- Kiang
- Knapp & Kendall
- KPMG
- Liz Comerton
- Manpower plc
- Matrix Business Service
- Mike Ratcliffe (Pensions) Ltd.
- MMC Consulting
- NCC Service Ltd.
- Neil Lambe
- NI Quality Centre
- Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre
- Open Learning Centre
- Ordnance Survey NI
- Peter Bennett
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Professor D. Conliffe
- Professor Paul Connolly
- Professor Seamus Dunn
- Professor Vani Borooah
- Project Planning International
- QAS Systems
7W - Research & Evaluation Services
- RMB Consulting
- Robert Kennedy
- S. Dolan
- Simon Bridge Associates
- Simon Wallace
- The Cabling Partnership
- The Further Education Development Agency
- University of Ulster
- Valerie Kelly (ICL)
- Venture International
- Western Health Board
- York University
(iii) Non-commercial
- (a) 7
- (b) £42,345.65
Individuals/organizations
- Central Office of Information
- Helm Corporation
- Mr. T. Gourley
- Realizations International
- Transport Research Lab
- Wallace Walker
- Wellington Group