External Contracts (Hansard, 28 February 2002)

§ Pete Wishart
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which non-accounting and non-information technology external organisations which previously held contracts with her Department(a) won new contracts at the culmination of the existing contracts and (b) won new contracts after a period of inactivity with her Department in each of the past five years. [38760]

§ Mr. Caborn
All service contracts let by the Department were subsequently subjected to competitive tender and, in each case, awarded to different companies. No contracts have been re-won during the time that the Department has been in existence.

§ Pete Wishart
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which non-accounting and non-information technology external organisations have won new contracts with(a) her Department and (b) executive agencies in each of the past five years. [38759]
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§ Mr. Caborn
The only contract outside the activities set out, is that for Facilities Management provision awarded to WSP Facilities Management, part of the WSP Group, in October 1999 for a period of five years. The Department has used the central framework contract with Capita for recruitment advisory services.

§ Pete Wishart
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the 30 largest contacts awarded by her Department from(a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date, indicating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. [38761]

§ Mr. Caborn
The full list of awarded contracts is as follows:

Company 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Schlumberger^* ^* 0 0 £1.5 £1.5

Sema million million

PWC Nil Nil Nil 83,000 (2) 96,000 (1)

KPMG Nil 23,000 (1) Nil Nil Nil

WSP FM Nil Nil 93,000 153,000 153.000

WS Atkins Nil 55,000 (3) 33,000 (2) Nil Nil

Deloitte & 109,000 207,000 Nil Nil Nil

Touche (2) (1)

Capita Nil 39,000 (3) Nil Nil 26,000 ^**

Pitney Bowes Management Services Nil 1.4 million over five years Nil Nil Nil

First Security Nil 1.5 million over five years Nil Nil Nil

^* "SchlumbergerSema have been the Department's outsourced IT service provider since 1993. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of fees annually from 1997–98 but the payment to SchlumbergerSema for direct services was of the order of £1.5 million in 2000–01 and will be a similar figure in 2001–02. Expenditure in previous years will not have exceeded that amount.".

^**Recruitment services utilising central government framework contract.

Includes Royal Parks Agency

Number of contacts in brackets

Company	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Schlumberger^*	^*	0	0	£1.5	£1.5
Sema				million	million
PWC	Nil	Nil	Nil	83,000 (2)	96,000 (1)
KPMG	Nil	23,000 (1)	Nil	Nil	Nil
WSP FM	Nil	Nil	93,000	153,000	153.000
WS Atkins	Nil	55,000 (3)	33,000 (2)	Nil	Nil
Deloitte &	109,000	207,000	Nil	Nil	Nil
Touche	(2)	(1)
Capita	Nil	39,000 (3)	Nil	Nil	26,000 ^**
Pitney Bowes Management Services	Nil	1.4 million over five years	Nil	Nil	Nil
First Security	Nil	1.5 million over five years	Nil	Nil	Nil
^* "SchlumbergerSema have been the Department's outsourced IT service provider since 1993. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of fees annually from 1997–98 but the payment to SchlumbergerSema for direct services was of the order of £1.5 million in 2000–01 and will be a similar figure in 2001–02. Expenditure in previous years will not have exceeded that amount.".
^**Recruitment services utilising central government framework contract.
Includes Royal Parks Agency
Number of contacts in brackets