Communities and Local Government written question – answered on 22 November 2007.
Charles Walker
Conservative, Broxbourne
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what contracts her Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract.
Parmjit Dhanda
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government
The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the Department's financial systems can identify all the contracts awarded for over £20,000 for this financial year. The following table shows the supplier, date of the contract award and the contract value, together with a brief description of the nature of the contract.
| Supplier | Contract value (£) | Contract award date | Description |
| 7E COMMUNICATIONS LTD | 328,960.00 | 21 February 2007 | Enhanced Command Support Satellite System |
| ABTECH SAFETY LTD | 80,991.12 | 7 March 2007 | Confind Space Rescue Equipment for Urban Search And Research |
| ACTICA CONSULTING LTD | 1,840,000.00 | 17 October 2007 | Security and Resilience Consultancy for Firecontrol |
| ACTICA CONSULTING LTD | 40,300.00 | 24 July 2007 | Impact of the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) Modernisation Programme |
| AEA TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT | 1,093,881.80 | 1 April 2007 | Communities' Building Regs Research and Tech Support |
| AHL BUSINESS ASSURANCE LT | 40,000.00 | 30 April 2007 | Provision of Internal Audit Services |
| ALPINE RESOURCING LTD | 176,800.00 | 1 August 2007 | Commercial Director for Firecontrol Project Team |
| ALSBRIDGE LTD | 41,000.00 | 11 June 2007 | Local Management Accounting Team Review |
| AMTEC CONSULTING LTD | 75,520.00 | 5 March 2007 | Project Manager for Commission For Equalities And Human Rights |
| APTO | 30,000.00 | 31 August 2007 | Planning Portal Adobe Forms Development |
| ASTRON DOCUMENT SERVICES | 120,000.00 | 1 October 2007 | Communities' File Covers |
| AUTO ELECTRICAL SERVS (MA | 1,064,054.44 | 21 February 2007 | Enhanced Command Support Vehicles |
| BADENOCH AND CLARK | 33,670.00 | 4 October 2007 | Build Template Business Cases |
| BADENOCH AND CLARK | 375,000.00 | 6 August 2007 | Lead Advisor on City, Regional and Economic Dev. |
| BADENOCH AND CLARK | 185,000.00 | 14 May 2007 | Human Resource Software (PIMS) Project Manger |
| BADENOCH AND CLARK | 135,000.00 | 28 February 2007 | Procurement Advice Notice Government Agreement Competitive Dialogue |
| BIZZIMOGUL | 119,850.00 | 10 August 2007 | Information Technology Services for Peoplesoft Information Management System Enhancement Programme |
| BRAVOSOLUTION UK LTD | 120,441.00 | 1 January 2006 | Firecontrol Project E-Sourcing Services |
| CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH LTD | 48,000.00 | 15 May 2007 | Prov of Economic Support to The Strategic Review |
| CERTES COMPUTING LTD | 40,000.00 | 9 July 2007 | Extempsible Mark-Up Language (XML) Schemas Specialist |
| COMPUTER PEOPLE LTD | 26,030.00 | 1 July 2007 | Data Architect |
| COMPUTER PEOPLE LTD | 106,492.00 | 1 October 2007 | Single National Planning Application Project Manager |
| Concerto Consulting | 70,000.00 | 30 August 2007 | Home Improvement Pack—Energy Adviser—David Lane |
| CORNWELL MANAGEMENT CONSU | 2,590,000.00 | 26 May 2005 | Provision of Security and Resilience Consultancy |
| DONALDSONS | 210,000.00 | 27 February 2004 | Firecontrol Project—Property Advisors |
| DTZ CONSULTING AND RESEARCH | 63,500.00 | 1 December 2006 | Consultancy for Evidence on Integration And Cohesion |
| EADS DEFENCE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD | 213,776,669.00 | 30 March 2007 | Technology and Control Centre Infrastructure |
| ENTEC UK LTD | 69,049.00 | 9 July 2007 | Research on Non Domestic Microgeneration |
| FAITHWISE LTD | 75,000.00 | 1 January 2007 | Special Adviser to the Preventing Extremism Unit |
| FIELD FISHER WATERHOUSE | 51,871.44 | 30 May 2007 | Fire and Rescue Guidance Review |
| FRAIKIN LTD | 1,643,433.36 | 2 April 2007 | Fleet Management and Maintenance |
| GREENSTREET BERMAN LTD | 28,195.00 | 6 August 2007 | Local Target Setting for Fire and Rescue Service |
| GWS Ltd | 191,590.80 | 11 July 2007 | Lnfc4local—Graphic Design and Typesetting Service |
| HEDRA PLC | 149,352.50 | 19 April 2007 | Government Office Transformation Programme |
| HEDRA PLC | 217,800.00 | 22 August 2007 | Commercial Register Delivery Manager |
| Informed Solutions Ltd | 118,255.00 | 6 September 2007 | Deprivation Index Mapping Tool |
| Informed Solutions Ltd | 78,741.00 | 2 October 2007 | Data Interchange Hub (IT) |
| INFOTERRA | 48,500.00 | 1 April 2007 | Procurement of Aerial Imagery |
| INNOGISTIC SOFTWARE PLC | 72,000.00 | 1 April 2006 | Fire Service Emergency Cover (FSEC) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Support and Maintenance |
| Insight Management and Systems Ltd | 75,000.00 | 16 August 2007 | Thames Gateway Programme Systems Executive |
| INTELLIGENT ADDRESSING LT | 20,800.00 | 26 June 2007 | National Land and Property Gazetteer Data |
| KATE MCALLISTER CONSULTAN | 41,710.00 | 29 May 2007 | Supporting People and Disabled Facilities Grant |
| KPMG | 160,493.00 | 2 May 2007 | Home Improvement Pack—Local Authority Charging Options Consultancy |
| LA INT COMPUTER CONSULTAN | 53,328.00 | 1 October 2007 | Test Development to the Fire Control Project |
| LA INT COMPUTER CONSULTAN | 57,600.00 | 26 July 2007 | Commercial Register Senior Requirements Analyst |
| LA International | 80,000.00 | 30 August 2007 | Planning Portal E-Consultation Development Project Manager |
| LA International | 21,109.00 | 22 October 2007 | Planning Portal—E-Consultation Take Up Consultant |
| LA International | 51,000.00 | 5 November 2007 | Data Interchange Hub—Project Manager |
| MACDONALD HUMFREY (AUTOMATION) LTD | 368,760.00 | 29 June 2007 | Mass Decontamination Flow Control System |
| MET OFFICE | 100,000.00 | 1 October 2006 | Met Office—Weather Services |
| Morgan Hunt | 110,000.00 | 1 August 2007 | Thames Gateway Head of Finance |
| MOTT MACDONALD LTD | 221,892.00 | 14 February 2007 | Appointment of a National Project Manager |
| N 0 P MARKET RESEARCH GRO | 59,595.00 | 1 October 2007 | Feasibility Study for Communities Attitudes Survey |
| NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIA | 93,950.00 | 14 May 2007 | Training for the Senior Civil Service Analytical Techniques |
| NESCOMMS LTD | 49,350.00 | 29 September 2007 | Service Level Manager |
| OGC | 84,161.00 | 2 May 2007 | Thames Gateway Project Mgt And Planning Consultant |
| OPERATIONAL RSEARCH IN HE | 30,920.00 | 2 July 2007 | Analysis on the Current P and P For Co-Responding |
| OUTREACH ORGANISATION LTD | 164,000.00 | 4 June 2007 | Line Access and Casualty Management Training |
| OVE ARUP AND PARTNERS | 98,499.00 | 24 July 2007 | Planning for a Sustainable Future |
| PA Consulting | 956,000.00 | 28 September 2007 | Home Improvement Pack Programme Support Agreement |
| PARITY RESOURCES | 68,000.00 | 17 August 2007 | Link Project Manager |
| Parity Resources | 23,400.00 | 14 June 2007 | Supporting People—Project Resource Agreement |
| Parity Resources | 76,500.00 | 31 July 2007 | Thames Gateway Project Manager |
| Parity Resources | 47,144.00 | 16 August 2007 | Thames Gateway Data Analyst |
| Parity Resources | 51,063.00 | 19 October 2007 | Planning Portal E-Consultation Set Baseline 4 Benefits Measuring |
| PARITY SOLUTIONS LTD | 68,000.00 | 17 August 2007 | Communities IT Network (Link) Project Manager |
| PARITY SOLUTIONS LTD | 66,360.00 | 22 August 2007 | Test Development to the Fire Control Project |
| PKF | 100,000.00 | 24 October 2005 | Finance, Accountancy and Taxation Advisory Services |
| PPAL | 44,850.00 | 27 July 2007 | Planning Portal E-Planning Local Authority Web Site Review |
| PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS | 63,000.00 | 12 October 2006 | Support Preparation for Sustainable Homessylvia Bu |
| REED PERSONNEL SERVICES P | 82,400.00 | 5 March 2007 | Project Manager for Commission for Equalities and Human Rights |
| REED PERSONNEL SERVICES P | 82,400.00 | 12 March 2007 | Project Manager and Human Resource Projects for Commission for Equalities and Human Rights |
| REED PERSONNEL SERVICES P | 59,200.00 | 12 March 2007 | Workstream Leader for Commission for Equalities and Human Rights |
| RESPIREX INTERNATIONAL | 56,625.36 | 25 July 2007 | Power Respirator Protective Suit—Air Filter Unit |
| Secor Consulting | 21,720.00 | 10 September 2007 | Listed Advice Scheme Support Contract |
| Securetest | 27,700.00 | 25 October 2007 | Securetest—Advice Only |
| Serco (Prev Cornwell) | 25,200.00 | 4 July 2007 | IT Support |
| Serco Consulting | 41,650.00 | 14 November 2007 | Telephony—Expert Input to Telephony Strategy |
| SERCO LTD | 10,460,669.00 | 3 May 2006 | New Dimension Project |
| SJ PROCUREMENT LTD | 30,000.00 | 23 October 2007 | Procurement Capability Review Support |
| TRIBAL HCH LTD | 215,000.00 | 2 April 2007 | Consulting Support to the Commission of Equalities and Human Rights |
| TURNER AND TOWNSEND (134266 | 156,600.00 | 17 April 2007 | Firecontrol Project Provision of Regional Control Centre Tenants Rep |
| VEGA GROUP PLC | 252,985.00 | 16 April 2007 | Electronic Collection Of Fire and Research Service Operation Statistics |
| VENN GROUP | 63,180.00 | 3 September 2007 | Provision of a Contract Accountant For Fire Control |
| WEST OF ENGLAND UNIVERSIT | 174,705.00 | 22 March 2007 | Foundation Degree in Development Management |
| WHITE CONSULTANTS LTD | 306,340.00 | 1 April 2007 | Support for Transformation Including New Ways of Working |
| WHITE YOUNG GREEN | 128,843.25 | 10 July 2007 | A Review of Non-Household Minor Developments |
| WHITEHEAD MANN LTD | 100,000.00 | 6 July 2007 | Recruitment of CEO for Homes and Community Agency |
| WILTSHIRE COLLEGE | 127,239.78 | 20 July 2007 | Urban Search and Rescue Chainsaw Course Instruction |
| ZURICH RISK SERVICES | 24,166.80 | 21 August 2007 | New Dimension Lifting of Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) Inspections |
| — | 241,108,104.53 | — | — |
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