Consultants Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence
Wednesday 17th July 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

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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:

Mark Francois Portrait Mr Francois
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[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%.

Total MOD expenditure on consultancy

£ 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



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