Attorney General: Procurement
(asked on 28th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, on Attorney General: Procurement, if he will list (a) the suppliers of and (b) the purpose of the (i) the Government Legal Department's contracts with the eight strategic suppliers (ii) the CPS's six contracts with strategic suppliers, (iii) the Serious Fraud Office's three contracts with strategic suppliers and (iv) Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's contracts with which two strategic suppliers.
Pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, the table below summarises the purpose of the six contracts between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and government strategic suppliers.
Supplier | Purpose of contract |
Capita | Supply of interim and temporary staff let via a pan government framework. |
CGI | (1) ICT Applications, Hosting and Management let via a pan government framework. (2) Managed payroll services let via a pan government framework. (3) Oracle finance system managed service let via a pan government framework. (4) Fully managed ICT services including; applications, hosting and management, system integration and management, service desk and end user computing. |
Vodafone | National contract let via the Cabinet Office G-Cloud framework for managed video conferencing services. |
In addition, the CPS has no major contracts but multiple agreements with the following government strategic suppliers:
BT –for land line phones, alarm systems and business broadband lines.
Microsoft - for MS office products, server and networking applications and other software products.
Oracle - for server and networking applications and other software products.
The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and government strategic suppliers. It is the policy to engage with suppliers using central government frameworks and call off arrangements.
Supplier | GLD – purpose of contract | HMCPSI - purpose of contract |
BT plc | Provision of phone services for business continuity (disaster recovery). | Provision of mobile connectivity services and video conferencing at the York office |
Cap Gemini | Provision of a supplier invoice receipt and scanning service; provision of a cloud-based invoice approval and electronic document management system; and secure destruction of paper documents. |
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Capita | Predominately temporary staff, mainly lawyers, and training courses. |
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Fujitsu | Provision of e-disclosure services to support legal cases. |
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Microsoft | Software licences and support for Microsoft products, for example, Windows and Office Suites. |
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Mitie | Office cleaning services. |
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Oracle | Software licences and support. |
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Vodafone | Provision of mobile phone and connectivity services. | Provision of mobile phone and connectivity services. |
The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and government strategic suppliers.
Supplier | Purpose of contract |
Amey | Facilities management |
BT | Network lines |
Capita | IT services |
The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and government strategic suppliers.
Supplier | Purpose of contract |
BT PLC | Broadband lines at Southwark Crown Court |
Capita | IT support contract |
Vodafone | network services contract |