§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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 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. [109262]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 9 February 2000]: From records held centrally, for the financial year 1998–99 the Ministry let 144 contracts with external consultants and advisers at a total cost of £12,549,663 excluding VAT.
Of these contracts
(i) 84 contracts with a combined value of £11,782,555 excluding VAT were put to competitive tender. The names of these individuals and organisations are as follows:456W
- ADAS
- BMT Reliability Consultants
- BRE
- British Standards Institution
- Bulldog Contractors Ltd.
- Bytes Computers Ltd.
- CBG Consultants Ltd.
- Central Office of Information
- Chieumento Consulting Group
- Collinson and Grant Consultants
- Computer People
- Cornwell Affiliates Plc
- Deloitte and Touche
- Drew Associates
- DTZ Pieda
- Generic Software
- HEDRA Ltd.
- Johnson Construction
- MCG Consulting Group
- McKeown Software Ltd.
- Millennium Three
- National Remote Sensing Consultants
- Norwich Systems and Accounting
- PA Consulting Group
- Paisner and Co.
- Produce Studies Ltd.
- Quadraphic Design Ltd.
- Segal Quince Wickstead
- SEMA Group UK Ltd. UKBS
- Siemens Network Systems Ltd.
- Siemens Computer Systems
- Tatham Pearce
- Triad Group
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Reading
- WPS Consulting
- WS Atkins
(ii) 60 contracts with a combined value of £767,108 excluding VAT were not put to competitive tender. The names of these individuals and organisations are as follows:
- ADAS
- Andrews Ward Associates
- Ove Amp and Partners
- K. Baker
- Baker Shepherd Gillespie
- R. Bradley
- Bristol Quality Centre
- Cambridge Strategic Management
- Chapman and Chapman Associates
- Cheviot Arcus
- Peter J. Chillingworth
- Cornwell Affiliates Plc
- Deloitte and Touche
- DERA
- Dewjoc Ltd
- DBL Consultancy
- D. Dickinson
- Facilities Solutions
- Foundation Systems
- Fonda
- Francis Graves Ltd.
- GRP Consultants
- Highthorne
- Gerry Hynes and Co. Ltd.
- ICL
- Independent Consultancy
- Insight Consulting
- R. Kimberlin
- Liaison VAT
- WE Mason
- McDermott Associates
- M. McDonald Ross
- Netools
- Organisation Consulting Partnership
- PA Consulting Group
- J. Parker
- PCMS
- PG Griffiths
- Prodat Plc
- The Project Team
- Proserve
- Prospect Management Services
- Rapra Technology
- Reading University
- RTC Ltd.
- SEMA
- Robert Shanks
- Mrs. Silvey
- AJ Small
- K. Taylor
- Thomason Partners
- Touchstone
- TMS Consultancy
- TP Engineering Ltd.
457W - Vogon International
- Water Research Council
- Yorkshire Assessment
(iii) No contracts were let on a non-commercial basis.