§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the technical and financial consultants employed by the Strategic Rail Authority, the nature of the assignment for each consultant, and the value of each contract. [87627]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe following table relates to contracts over £25,000 that have been awarded by the Strategic Rail Authority since April 2002.
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Consultant Project Contract value (£) Consolidated communications Benchmarking exercise 56,000 EC Harris Felixstowe—Nuneaton commercial assistance Less than 50,000 EC Harris Project baselining 2 Less than 50,000 Fluor Project baselining RFP 75,000 Fluor Review of RPI costs and risk management for infrastructure 75,000 Jacobs Gibb Consultancy Support for Mark 1 rolling stock Less than 50,000 Jacobs Gibb Business Case manual Less than 50,000 Jacobs Gibb Greater Anglia replacement 100,000 Jacobs Gibb T2000 LTS preparation and other CLRL tasks 50,000 Jacobs Gibb Thames Trains franchise extension technical support 51,000 Jacobs Gibb Joint working with Railtrack 50,000 Jacobs Gibb Capacity utilisation 130,000 Jacobs Gibb Mrk 1 strategic reserve vehicles Less than 50,000 Jacobs Gibb The impact of crossrail on the national rail network 128,000 Jarvis Facilities Ltd. Feasibility Study re mauchline remodel 88,000 KPMG National Express Work Less than 50,000 KPMG Virgin Rail Ltd. scope review 150,000 KPMG Financial advisers for Virgin Rail Group Negotiations 367,000 KPMG WCML Review implementation, scope and costs 191,000 KPMG Central trains extension 180,000 KPMG CSE Financial adviser 160,000 KPMG West Anglia Route modernisation project 92,000 KPMG Franchise replacement programme and strategy 100,000 KPMG Strategic planning process 84,000 KPMG ISWT replacement project 200,000 KPMG Project Tide 50,000 KPMG Financial adviser to Scottish passenger rail franchise relet 958,000 KPMG Due Diligence—Transpennine express 130,000 KPMG Northern Franchise accountancy advice 100,000 KPMG Review of TOC Franchise replacement 50,000 KPMG East London Line financial modelling services 55,000 KPMG East London Line Corporate and project finance advice 60,000 Lazardsl Project Ariel, SPVs and enhancements 3,000,000 LEK Case for rail freight 50,000 LEK Policy evaluation of track access grant Less than 50,000 LEK Review of freight performance regimes 60,000 LEK Freight performance 75,000 LEK Conventional interoperability 168,000 LEK Financial advisers Northern 650,000 MDS Transmodal Innovation competition Less than 50,000 Mott McDonald Transport Modelling Services for ELL 125,000 Mott McDonald West Anglia Route modernisation 70,000 Mott McDonald Cherwell Valley re-signalling project Less than 50,000 Mott McDonald Value of Rail studies 89,000 Mott McDonald Appraisal of PLANET models Less than 50,000 Mott McDonald Regeneration impacts of changes in rail services Less than 50,000 Mott McDonald Asset management survey desk top study ELL 220,000 Mott McDonald CSE 2003 budget review Less than 50,000 Mouchel Central railway demand forecast review 200,000 Mouchel Interchange funding 100,000 Mouchel Central Railway growth and strategic fit 97,000 Mouchel Interchange funding 150,000 NERA Due Diligence work for CLG 373,000 NERA Due Diligence work for CLG (appendix B) 51,000 NERA Management and remuneration advice 193,000 Nichols Review of Thames Trains financial information and projections 85,000 Nichols Mark 1 Rollingstock project support team 490,000 Nichols Freight project management 133,000 Nichols TL 2000 Blockade project management Less than 50,000
Consultant Project Contract value (£) Parsons Brinkerhoff ELL value engineering facilitation Less than 50,000 PKF Reporting accountant Scottish passenger rail franchise relet 114,000 PKF Reporting accountant Wales and Borders 160,000 PKF British Transport Police audit plan 120,000 PKF SRA audit plan 78,000 Pricewaterhousecoopers IRT open book audit Less than 50,000 Pricewaterhousecoopers Review of financial models in freight grants 50,000 Pricewaterhousecoopers Project support for TL2000 work 1,300,000 Pricewaterhousecoopers Thames Trains extension 129,000 Pricewaterhousecoopers ITL2002 project support 450,000 Steer Davies & Gleave Review of International rail services 70,000 Steer Davies & Gleave Modelling and strategic review of rail industry 75,000 Steer Davies & Gleave Review of international services 50,000 Symonds Business case review of freight interchange Less than 50,000 UK accreditation service Assessment of notified bodies 130,000 WS Atkins Thames Trains extension 51,000 WS Atkins Production of regional freight strategies Less than 50,000 WS Atkins Newco-Immerys FFG: Port of secondary aggregates scheme Less than 50,000 WS Atkins Review FFG application for McAlpine slate waste project Less than 50,000 WS Atkins Proposed development of Mossend Eurotunnel Less than 50,000 WS Atkins Regional Strategies 100,000 WS Atkins Mersey docks—Birkenhead Less than 50,000 WS Atkins High Speed Line study (Trent Valley upgrade) Less than 50,000 WS Atkins ECML (upgrade) Development Business Transport Case 175,000 WS Atkins Development of business case for Kings Cross expansion 120,000 WS Atkins ELLEP digital mapping 67,000 WSA Island line infrastructure 60,000 1 Annual equivalent