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Mr Jim Murphy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which consultancies have been given contracts with his Department since May 2010; and what the (a) cost, (b) purpose and (c) scope of work conducted under each such contract was.
[Official Report, 6 February 2013, Vol. 558, c. 228-34W.]
Letter of correction from Mark Francois:
An error has been identified in the written answer given on 6 February 2013 to the right hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Mr Murphy).
The full answer given was as follows:
Mr Francois
[holding answer 10 December 2012]: A list of consultancies that have been awarded Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts since May 2010 is provided as follows. The table includes contract value and a broad description of the requirement. Contracts awarded by MOD agencies and trading funds are included, but the list excludes contracts awarded under the Framework Agreement for Technical Support and those classified by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation as Principal Service Providers; these contracts are defined separately from consultancy services.
Total MOD expenditure on consultancy for the last five financial years is listed as follows. These figures include spend by MOD trading funds. The table shows that between 2007-08 and 2011-12 expenditure on consultancy fell by 84%.
£ million | |
|---|---|
2007-08 | 120 |
2008-09 | 106 |
2009-10 | 79 |
2010-11 | 26 |
2011-12 | 19 |
MOD consultancy contracts awarded since May 2010
The contract value represents the limit of liability against which expenditure may be incurred and actual expenditure against individual contracts may be lower.
Start date | Consultancy name | Description of requirement | Contract value (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 May 2010 | Harness IT Consulting | Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Project—Implementation and Development—Project Team Costs | 216,843 |
20 May 2010 | Criterion | Leadership Forum design | 16,800 |
21 May 2010 | Cap Gemini plc | Barcoding Project—Transition and Project Management Consultancy | 43,236 |
21 May 2010 | Cap Gemini plc | Barcoding Project—third party services and software | 41,150 |
21 May 2010 | Pinsent Mason | Legal services for Project Delphi | 60,000 |
27 May 2010 | KPMG | Operational Efficiency Programme/Asset Management Review | 101,592 |
7 June 2010 | Criterion | Amendments to questionnaire | 18,500 |
7 June 2010 | Criterion | Update the Managing Performance V3 course | 5,600 |
29 June 2010 | Dr Mukulika Banerjee | Provision of subject matter expert advice to the Chief of the Defence Staff Strategic Advisory Forum | 2,000 |
12 July 2010 | Libra Advisory Group | External Assistance (EA) for Afghan Counter Insurgency Centre | 18,250 |
23 July 2010 | Criterion | Creation of Abstract Reasoning Test | 17,000 |
1 August 2010 | Cap Gemini plc | ERP Project—Implementation and Development—Technical Services | 15,000 |
1 August 2010 | Worldwide Technology UK Ltd | ERP Project— Implementation and Development—Project Team Costs—Cutover Management | 120,006 |
1 August 2010 | Ipsos Mori | Fleet Auxiliary Flotilla Survey | 17,990 |
10 August 2010 | Inventures | EA on Defence Training Rationalisation Fall Back Plan | 15,000 |
10 August 2010 | Concerto Consulting Ltd | EA on Defence Training Rationalisation Fall Back Plan | 11,000 |
16 August 2010 | Pinsent Mason | Career Levelling—Legally Privileged | 1,675 |
16 August 2010 | Zenst | Provide coaching to support nominated senior managers | 999 |
24 August 2010 | QinetiQ | Support to Develop IA Training Courses | 17,663 |
8 September 2010 | Criterion | One Day Consultant design | 2,800 |
27 September 2010 | KPMG | Cost Assurance and Analysis Development Programme | 12,000,000 |
5 October 2010 | SCS Ltd | Field Army Stock Efficiency | 31,500 |
6 October 2010 | InterCultures Ltd | The provision of cultural advice and guidance to Commander Task Force Helmand and his staff covering political, economic, social and development environments, as well as civil-military issues | 49,770 |
11 October 2010 | CPCR | To tweak and update current Line Managers course | 3,220 |
12 October 2010 | Atkins Ltd | EA for Defence Acquisition Reform Programme (DARP) Partnering for skills Project Management Scoping Study | 218,144 |
20 October 2010 | TMP | Review of AIB | 25,450 |
31 October 2010 | Cranfield University | NATO Capability Culture Scoping Study | 49,000 |
1 November 2010 | Deloitte | External Assistance to the Re-Negotiation Process | 120,000 |
5 November 2010 | SCS Ltd | SO2 mission specific training resource management | 100,000 |
23 November 2010 | C.O.I | BFBS Media Broadcast Tech Support | 40,000 |
20 December 2010 | CPCR | Development of a one day Bringing the Business Plan To Life event | 1,610 |
7 January 2011 | Quatrosystem Ltd | Carry out a soft issues assessment of the six bidders competing for new ISP contracts | 103,177 |
10 January 2011 | KPMG | EA for Puma Mk2 Simulator and Synthetic Training Upgrade | 64,578 |
14 January 2011 | Transcend | To undertake work for the new operating model for DIO | 48,500 |
4 February 2011 | Criterion | Design of first Learning Community session. | 2,800 |
4 February 2011 | Criterion | Design of one day event for Line Managers of Technical Consultants | 7,000 |
15 February 2011 | Criterion | Graduate Development line manager training design. | 1,400 |
16 February 2011 | Mayo Learning | Training design | 3,500 |
28 February 2011 | In Partnership | Coaching and Organisation change projects | 4,344 |
2 March 2011 | Catalyze Ltd | Request for Technical Support to Assist in Down Selection of Site Options | 15,000 |
10 March 2011 | Bray Leino | Graduate Development Programme—Team build design | 638.00 |
15 March 2011 | Criterion | Design of a two day training event for technical consultants | 9,000 |
15 March 2011 | Criterion | Research and development of simulation | 9,000 |
21 March 2011 | Freight Transport Association | External Support for Driver Certificate of Professional Competences | 7,051 |
25 March 2011 | KPMG | Admiralty Holdings Limited strategic review | 110,762 |
1 April 2011 | Deloitte | External Assistance for Defence Infrastructure Transformation Programme | 441,000 |
19 April 2011 | In Partnership | Coaching and Organisation change projects | 12,150 |
20 April 2011 | Criterion | Additional development costs for the extension of the Building Technical Consulting Excellence event | 4,200 |
29 April 2011 | Serco Ltd | Continued Provision of Technical Support to Defence Crisis Management Centre | 177,760 |
9 May 2011 | Deloitte | Assist in the design and delivery of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Transformation Programme | 5,000.000 |
26 July 2011 | Ernst and Young | Future Defence Storage and Distribution Project (FDSDP) EA Support | 222,000 |
14 November 2011 | QiResults | Provision of a Phase 2 Efficiency in Support Leader to Support the Materiel Strategy—Business Case/Investment Appraisal | 72,000 |
29 November 2011 | Deloitte MCS Ltd | Sale of Marsh wood | 99,900 |
29 November 2011 | Ernst and Young | EA for the Commercial Development of RAF Northolt | 94,000 |
1 January 2012 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | SDSR Renegotiation of PFI Projects | 169,465 |
4 January 2012 | Deloitte MCS Ltd | EA to the Army 2020 study | 106,000 |
16 January 2012 | Ernst and Young | External Assistance Support To The FDSDP Tender Exercise | 470,000 |
17 February 2012 | Deloitte LLP | The provision of a Benchmarking exercise for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary against the Royal Navy and commercial operators | 850,000 |
1 April 2012 | Ernst and Young | Study into retaining part of Defence Support Group (DSG) within the MOD on sale of DSG | 39,000 |
12 June 2012 | Detica Ltd | Delivery of Cross Government ICT Strategy Outputs | 149,430 |
13 June 2012 | Deloitte LLP | The provision of consultancy support services to deliver improved leadership behaviours | 1,529,912 |
1 July 2012 | Prof J F Alder | Provision of specialist support and advice on chemical and explosives activities | 5,000 |
6 July 2012 | Catalyze Ltd | External Assistance to the Change Programme Team at RAF Lyneham | 10,000 |
9 July 2012 | Deloitte MCS Ltd | EA to support Army 2020 Study | 70,000 |
13 July 2012 | LEK | Business Strategy Partner for Materiel Strategy | 1,950,625 |
18 July 2012 | Change Partners | Provision of services to support Corporate Intervention 2 | 20,000 |
31 July 2012 | Atos Ltd | External Assistance for Logistic Commodities Category Management Assessment | 16,500 |
10 August 2012 | Maxxim Consulting LLP | Corporate Strategy Review and Development | 51,325 |
14 August 2012 | Deloitte MCS Ltd | Consultancy for the provision of technical advice and support to progress management and liabilities and rationalisation in the warship build sector | 599,836 |
10 October 2012 | Bell Pottinger Public Affairs Ltd | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD DIO transformation Project to support the Change Leadership and Communication requirements of the transformation programme | 995,000 |
10 October 2012 | PWC | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD DIO transformation Project to support the Portfolio Integration and Management requirements of the transformation programme | 942,560 |
10 October 2012 | Deloitte | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD DIO transformation Project to support the Enhanced Operating Model and Technology Solution Implementation requirements of the transformation programme and the Strategic Business Partner Procurement | 5,922,928 |
15 October 2012 | Deloitte | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD DIO transformation Project to support the Footprint Strategy of the transformation programme | 253,341 |
18 October 2012 | Deloitte | EA for the Defence Fire and Rescue Project | 426,474 |
19 November 2012 | KPMG | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD Material Strategy Project to support the construction of business cases, investment appraisals and benefits realisations for the transformation programme | 1,145,250 |
The correct answer should have been:
Mr Francois
[holding answer 10 December 2012]: A list of consultancies that have been awarded Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts since May 2010 is provided as follows. The table includes contract value and a broad description of the requirement. Contracts awarded by MOD agencies and trading funds are included, but the list excludes contracts awarded under the Framework Agreement for Technical Support and those classified by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation as Principal Service Providers; these contracts are defined separately from consultancy services.
Total MOD expenditure on consultancy for the last five financial years is listed as follows. These figures include spend by MOD trading funds. The table shows that between 2007-08 and 2011-12 expenditure on consultancy fell by 84%.
£ million | |
|---|---|
2007-08 | 120 |
2008-09 | 106 |
2009-10 | 79 |
2010-11 | 26 |
2011-12 | 19 |
MOD consultancy contracts awarded since May 2010
The contract value represents the limit of liability against which expenditure may be incurred and actual expenditure against individual contracts may be lower.
Start date | Consultancy name | Description of requirement | Contract value (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 May 2010 | Harness IT Consulting | Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Project—Implementation and Development—Project Team Costs | 200,907 |
20 May 2010 | Criterion | Leadership Forum design | 16,800 |
21 May 2010 | Cap Gemini plc | Barcoding Project—Transition and Project Management Consultancy | 43,236 |
21 May 2010 | Cap Gemini plc | Barcoding Project—third party services and software | 41,150 |
21 May 2010 | Pinsent Mason | Legal services for Project Delphi | 60,000 |
27 May 2010 | KPMG | Operational Efficiency Programme/Asset Management Review | 101,592 |
7 June 2010 | Criterion | Amendments to questionnaire | 18,500 |
7 June 2010 | Criterion | Update the Managing Performance V3 course | 5,600 |
29 June 2010 | Dr Mukulika Banerjee | Provision of subject matter expert advice to the Chief of the Defence Staff Strategic Advisory Forum | 2,000 |
12 July 2010 | Libra Advisory Group | External Assistance (EA) for Afghan Counter Insurgency Centre | 18,250 |
23 July 2010 | Criterion | Creation of Abstract Reasoning Test | 17,000 |
1 August 2010 | Cap Gemini plc | ERP Project—Implementation and Development—Technical Services | 15,000 |
1 August 2010 | Worldwide Technology UK Ltd | ERP Project— Implementation and Development—Project Team Costs—Cutover Management | 148,779 |
1 August 2010 | Ipsos Mori | Fleet Auxiliary Flotilla Survey | 17,990 |
10 August 2010 | Inventures | EA on Defence Training Rationalisation Fall Back Plan | 15,000 |
10 August 2010 | Concerto Consulting Ltd | EA on Defence Training Rationalisation Fall Back Plan | 11,000 |
16 August 2010 | Pinsent Mason | Career Levelling—Legally Privileged | 1,675 |
16 August 2010 | Zenst | Provide coaching to support nominated senior managers | 999 |
24 August 2010 | QinetiQ | Support to Develop IA Training Courses | 17,663 |
8 September 2010 | Criterion | One Day Consultant design | 2,800 |
27 September 2010 | KPMG | Cost Assurance and Analysis Development Programme | 12,000,000 |
5 October 2010 | SCS Ltd | Field Army Stock Efficiency | 31,500 |
6 October 2010 | InterCultures Ltd | The provision of cultural advice and guidance to Commander Task Force Helmand and his staff covering political, economic, social and development environments, as well as civil-military issues | 49,770 |
11 October 2010 | CPCR | To tweak and update current Line Managers course | 3,220 |
12 October 2010 | Atkins Ltd | EA for Defence Acquisition Reform Programme (DARP) Partnering for skills Project Management Scoping Study | 218,144 |
20 October 2010 | TMP | Review of AIB | 25,450 |
31 October 2010 | Cranfield University | NATO Capability Culture Scoping Study | 49,000 |
1 November 2010 | Deloitte | External Assistance to the Re-Negotiation Process | 120,000 |
5 November 2010 | SCS Ltd | SO2 mission specific training resource management | 100,000 |
23 November 2010 | C.O.I | BFBS Media Broadcast Tech Support | 40,000 |
20 December 2010 | CPCR | Development of a one day Bringing the Business Plan To Life event | 1,610 |
7 January 2011 | Quatrosystem Ltd | Carry out a soft issues assessment of the six bidders competing for new ISP contracts | 103,177 |
10 January 2011 | KPMG | EA for Puma Mk2 Simulator and Synthetic Training Upgrade | 64,578 |
14 January 2011 | Transcend | To undertake work for the new operating model for DIO | 48,500 |
4 February 2011 | Criterion | Design of first Learning Community session. | 2,800 |
4 February 2011 | Criterion | Design of one day event for Line Managers of Technical Consultants | 7,000 |
15 February 2011 | Criterion | Graduate Development line manager training design. | 1,400 |
16 February 2011 | Mayo Learning | Training design | 3,500 |
28 February 2011 | In Partnership | Coaching and Organisation change projects | 4,344 |
2 March 2011 | Catalyze Ltd | Request for Technical Support to Assist in Down Selection of Site Options | 15,000 |
10 March 2011 | Bray Leino | Graduate Development Programme—Team build design | 638.00 |
15 March 2011 | Criterion | Design of a two day training event for technical consultants | 9,000 |
15 March 2011 | Criterion | Research and development of simulation | 9,000 |
21 March 2011 | Freight Transport Association | External Support for Driver Certificate of Professional Competences | 7,051 |
25 March 2011 | KPMG | Admiralty Holdings Limited strategic review | 110,762 |
1 April 2011 | Deloitte | External Assistance for Defence Infrastructure Transformation Programme | 441,000 |
19 April 2011 | In Partnership | Coaching and Organisation change projects | 12,150 |
20 April 2011 | Criterion | Additional development costs for the extension of the Building Technical Consulting Excellence event | 4,200 |
29 April 2011 | Serco Ltd | Continued Provision of Technical Support to Defence Crisis Management Centre | 177,760 |
9 May 2011 | Deloitte | Assist in the design and delivery of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Transformation Programme | 5,000.000 |
26 July 2011 | Ernst and Young | Future Defence Storage and Distribution Project (FDSDP) EA Support | 222,000 |
14 November 2011 | QiResults | Provision of a Phase 2 Efficiency in Support Leader to Support the Materiel Strategy—Business Case/Investment Appraisal | 72,000 |
29 November 2011 | Deloitte MCS Ltd | Sale of Marsh wood | 99,900 |
29 November 2011 | Ernst and Young | EA for the Commercial Development of RAF Northolt | 94,000 |
1 January 2012 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | SDSR Renegotiation of PFI Projects | 169,465 |
4 January 2012 | Deloitte MCS Ltd | EA to the Army 2020 study | 106,000 |
16 January 2012 | Ernst and Young | External Assistance Support To The FDSDP Tender Exercise | 470,000 |
17 February 2012 | Deloitte LLP | The provision of a Benchmarking exercise for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary against the Royal Navy and commercial operators | 850,000 |
1 April 2012 | Ernst and Young | Analysis of the capabilities required to deliver future Fleet management services within Defence Support Group (DSG) | 39,000 |
12 June 2012 | Detica Ltd | Delivery of Cross Government ICT Strategy Outputs | 149,430 |
13 June 2012 | Deloitte LLP | The provision of consultancy support services to deliver improved leadership behaviours | 1,529,912 |
1 July 2012 | Prof J F Alder | Provision of specialist support and advice on chemical and explosives activities | 5,000 |
6 July 2012 | Catalyze Ltd | External Assistance to the Change Programme Team at RAF Lyneham | 10,000 |
9 July 2012 | Deloitte MCS Ltd | EA to support Army 2020 Study | 70,000 |
13 July 2012 | LEK | Business Strategy Partner for Materiel Strategy | 1,950,625 |
18 July 2012 | Change Partners | Provision of services to support Corporate Intervention 2 | 20,000 |
31 July 2012 | Atos Ltd | External Assistance for Logistic Commodities Category Management Assessment | 16,500 |
10 August 2012 | Maxxim Consulting LLP | Corporate Strategy Review and Development | 51,325 |
14 August 2012 | Deloitte MCS Ltd | Consultancy for the provision of technical advice and support to progress management and liabilities and rationalisation in the warship build sector | 599,836 |
10 October 2012 | Bell Pottinger Public Affairs Ltd | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD DIO transformation Project to support the Change Leadership and Communication requirements of the transformation programme | 995,000 |
10 October 2012 | PWC | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD DIO transformation Project to support the Portfolio Integration and Management requirements of the transformation programme | 942,560 |
10 October 2012 | Deloitte | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD DIO transformation Project to support the Enhanced Operating Model and Technology Solution Implementation requirements of the transformation programme and the Strategic Business Partner Procurement | 5,922,928 |
15 October 2012 | Deloitte | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD DIO transformation Project to support the Footprint Strategy of the transformation programme | 253,341 |
18 October 2012 | Deloitte | EA for the Defence Fire and Rescue Project | 426,474 |
19 November 2012 | KPMG | The provision of consultancy support services to the MOD Material Strategy Project to support the construction of business cases, investment appraisals and benefits realisations for the transformation programme | 1,145,250 |