Procurement
(asked on 11th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (i) have let and (ii) plan to let that are worth (A) between £1 million and £3 million and (B) over £3 million since 2010; how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract.
Between 01/01/2010 and 14/07/2014, the Department for Work and Pensions awarded 71 contracts with a value of between one and three million pounds and 191 contracts with a value of over three million pounds.
At 14/07/2014, our current commercial planning data indicates we intend to let 47 contracts with a value of between one and three million pounds and 30 contracts with a value over three million pounds.
The award timelines on future contracts stretches to 2017 and beyond. As conditions change, some of these contracts may not yet proceed to the procurement stage. Also, award values are not yet firm for those at the earliest of planning stages.
The Department does not record the numbers of staff and their length of assignment in monitoring individual contracts, therefore the answer to this part of the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Between 01/01/2010 and 14/07/2014, the Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) awarded the following contracts within the requested values:
NDPB | Number of contracts with Contract Value £1m -3m | Number of Contracts with Contract Value over £3m |
Pensions Ombudsman | 1 | NIL |
The Pensions Advisory Service | NIL | NIL |
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) | 2 | 1 |
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) | 3 | 3 |
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) | 1 | 2 |
Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) | Nil | Nil |
Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) | Nil | Nil |
Independent Living Fund (ILF) | Nil | Nil |
Pensions Ombudsman estimate the cost of monitoring its contract at £7,000 per annum with a dedicated resource of 0.1 FTE.
TPR have a planned contract to start in 2014/15 value £1-3m.
TPR do not hold information regarding the total amount spent on monitoring the contracts and it would be disproportionate for it to calculate this. However, it has 2 FTE staff dedicated to monitoring the contract valued over £3m
NEST - The Scheme Administration Services contract has a Contract Manager (commencing August 2014) and is supported by a Procurement & Contract Specialist.
HSE is in the process of letting one contract with a value of between one and three million pounds.
HSE does not record the numbers of staff and their length of assignment in monitoring individual contracts, therefore the answer to this part of the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost.