Wednesday 26th February 2014

(10 years, 9 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Chris Leslie Portrait Chris Leslie
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each supplier of such contract following the contract award.

[Official Report, 21 January 2014, Vol. 574, c. 146-7W.]

Letter of correction from Dr Daniel Poulter:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Chris Leslie) on 21 January 2014.

The full answer given was as follows:

Dan Poulter Portrait Dr Poulter
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The 10 largest contracts that have been let by the Department since the financial year 2010-11 are as follows:

Contract title

Supplier

Contract start date

Contract end date

Total contract value (£)

ICT-IMS 3 Services

ATOS

17 January 2012

17 January 2017

72,000,000

NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC)

University of Leeds

1 April 2010

31 March 2015

53,000,000

Co-ordinating Centre for the UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN)

University of Leeds

1 April 2010

30 March 2015

41,000,000

Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines

Restricted-Commercial

24 May 2010

29 April 2015

Restricted-Commercial

Facilities Management plus other Allied Services

EMCOR Facilities Services Ltd

1 September 2010

31 August 2017

42,000,000

Centre for Workforce Intelligence

Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd

1 October 2010

31 December 2014

25,000,000

Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines

Restricted-Commercial

21 June 2010

20 June 2015

Restricted-Commercial

Managed Service-Specialist Contractors and Interim Managers. Via DWP. (Cipher)

CAPITA Resourcing Ltd

1 November 2011

2 December 2013

22,000,000

Master Vendor Agreement-Admin and Clerical Staff

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

1 June 2011

30 November 2013

15,000,000

National Dietary Nutrition Survey

NATCEN

1 September 2012

31 December 2018

15,000,000



Savings have been accrued in these contracts but specific figures cannot be provided without disproportionate costs being incurred.

Levels of overspend or underspend against these contracts is assumed to mean the comparison of an allocated annual internal budget to deliver the contract, with the actual annual contract expenditure. It is not possible to provide this information without disproportionate costs being incurred.

Supplier performance is routinely monitored by individual departmental contract managers in accordance with the terms of each contract, and with reference to departmental and wider Government policies and best practices.

The correct answer should have been:

Dan Poulter Portrait Dr Poulter
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The 10 largest contracts that have been let by the Department since the financial year 2010-11 are as follows:

Contract title

Supplier

Contract start date

Contract end date

Total contract value (£)

ICT-IMS 3 Services

ATOS

17 January 2012

17 January 2017

72,000,000

NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC)

University of Leeds

1 April 2010

31 March 2015

53,000,000

Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines

Restricted-Commercial

24 May 2010

29 April 2015

Restricted-Commercial

Facilities Management plus other Allied Services

EMCOR Facilities Services Ltd

1 September 2010

31 August 2017

42,000,000

Centre for Workforce Intelligence

Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd

1 October 2010

31 December 2014

25,000,000

Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines

Restricted-Commercial

21 June 2010

20 June 2015

Restricted-Commercial

Managed Service-Specialist Contractors and Interim Managers. Via DWP. (Cipher)

CAPITA Resourcing Ltd

1 November 2011

2 December 2013

22,000,000

Master Vendor Agreement-Admin and Clerical Staff

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

1 June 2011

30 November 2013

15,000,000

National Dietary Nutrition Survey

NATCEN

1 September 2012

31 December 2018

15,000,000

GP Patient Survey 2012-13

Ipsos MORI UK Ltd

4 March 2013

31 March 2016

15,000,000



Savings have been accrued in these contracts but specific figures cannot be provided without disproportionate costs being incurred.

Levels of overspend or underspend against these contracts is assumed to mean the comparison of an allocated annual internal budget to deliver the contract, with the actual annual contract expenditure. It is not possible to provide this information without disproportionate costs being incurred.

Supplier performance is routinely monitored by individual departmental contract managers in accordance with the terms of each contract, and with reference to departmental and wider Government policies and best practices.