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Mr. Tim Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by Manpower Services Commission in 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
Mr. Lee
The management and computer consultancy contracts awarded during 1987 are listed below:
| Management consultancy contracts | |
| Consultants | Subject of Assignment |
| Jones, Lang, Wootton | Feasibility study on untying MSC from Property Services Agency. |
| Central Unit on Purchasing (Her Majesty's Treasury Consultant) | Provide advice about purchasing arrangements within MSC |
| PIEDA | To improve local labour market operations in Scotland |
| Centre for Urban and Regional Industrial Development (University of Manchester) | Manchester labour market consultancy project |
| Coopers and Lybrand | Guidance for MSC staff on appraisal and viability of Voluntary Organisations |
| Centre for Employment | Study of operational systems |
| Initiatives | |
| Coopers and Lybrand | Guidance for MSC staff on implementation of item 5 above |
| Armitage Norton | Drawing up financial systems of control for community roots trust |
| EOSYS Ltd | Production of an information technology directory |
Consultants
| Subject of Assignment
|
| Armitage Norton | Drawing up managerial systems of control for community roots trust |
| Centre for Employment Initiatives | Study of operational systems |
| Sheffield Council of Voluntary Services | Pilot appraisal and viability test checks see 5 and 7 above |
| Prospect Centre | Develop MSC's human resource development strategy |
| Sheffield City Polytechnic | To assist central research information unit |
(2) Computer consultancy projects
| |
| P E Consulting Services | To study current and future needs of sheltered employment branch |
| C. J. Makeson | A study to examine MSC's proposals for, and design of a network terminal protocol |
| Comshare | To provide MSC senior management with on-line access to screen-based reports of corporate information |
| Central Computer and telecommunications Agency (CCTA) | To examine the PLECTRUM computer system, evaluate errors and security procedures |
| A. J. Aykroyd | A consultant to assist with the development of the "Master Modeller" software package |
| Coopers and Lybrand | To advise the Director of the MSC on the levels of investment the commission should make in information technology |
| P A Computer and Telecommunications | To assist MSC in the introduction of office technology in head office |
| Arthur Young | To assist MSC in deciding whether data sharing is applicable in the MSC environment |
| P. E. Consulting Services | To produce options and recommendations for stand-alone office technology systems |
| Hoskyns Group | To study the options for the continuing support of the TOPS and SPECTRUM systems |
| Mr. Boothroyd | To monitor the progress of the introduction of office technology for senior management and special measures division |
| Concurrent Computer Corporation Ltd | To test the work load capacity of the SUPERVACS system |
| Arthur Young | A consultant to provide technical support in information engineering concepts and methods |
| CCTA Consultant | A feasibility study into the expansion of the BACIE database |
| CCTA Consultant | To examine MSC's use of automated software development tools and to make recommendations for future use |
| Mr. Harrison | To produce a distance learning package for SUPERVACS operators |
| Mr. Boothroyd | To provide advice to head of computing on proposed office technology development |
| CCTA | To establish the effectiveness of control, management and working methods employed on the FMAS project |
| CCTA | To establish the user requirements, system specification and business case for central research information system |
| Mr. Humphries | A consultant to provide advice about the training access point project |
| ICL | A consultant to provide advice about the implementation of a free text multi-user database |
Consultants
| Subject of Assignment
|
| CAP Industry Ltd | To provide quality assurance for the SUPERVACS project |
| CCTA | To provide contingency plans to support the SUPERVACS system |
| Compsoft | A consultant to provide advice about computerisation of the staff deployment survey |
| South Yorkshire Microsystems Centre | To develop a database and provide training for the RESTART project |
| Comshare | Additional development work on providing information to MSC senior management |
| P. A. Consultants | A consultancy to provide a training course for the implementation of the office technology systems |
| CCTA | To carry out further work on the central research information system |
| CCTA Consultant | To carry out a post-implementation review of the 'VETG' reorganisation project |
| Xentec | To assist in the running of the SPECTRUM system |
| J. Westgate (Consultants) Ltd | To assist with the implementation of network terminal protocol |
| CAP | To look into the feasibility on implementing a terminal protocol on an open systems interconnection conforming network |
| Xentec | To assist in the maintenance of the SPECTRUM system |
| C. Makemson | To provide quality assurance for the various outputs from MSC's virtual terminal protocol project |
| Sherringtom Software Ltd | To provide programmers for work on the TOPS MINIS project |
| CCTA Consultant | To establish the requirements for the display of vacancies on ORACLE |
| COMPSOFT | To provide guidance on the most efficient way to design and implement an accident database |
| Presenting with Style | To provide training in the use of 'WordPerfect' software for senior officers' secretaries |
| M. Wilson (Consultant) | To carry out changes to the Supercalc system for a staff development survey |
| P. A. Computers and Telecommunications Ltd | To provide advice and assistance on replicating MSC's 'MASCOT' system in head office |
| EOSYS | To carry out a strategic review of videoconferencing requirements within the DE group |
| CCTA Consultant | To undertake a scoping study of funding, charging and management aspects of the MSC network |
| ORACLE TELETEXT Ltd | To investigate and determine the requirements of the employment service in respect of passing information from the jobcentre computer network to ORACLE |
| CAMTEC | To assist with the development of the MSC network management system |
Mr. Tim Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
Mr. Lee
The following firms were awarded contracts by the Department of Employment group, excluding the Manpower Services Commission, in 1987:
Management consultancy contracts
| |
Firm
| Subject of assignment
|
| AIMS Training | Advice on the use of structured systems analysis and design methodology (SSADM) |
| Arthur Andersen | To prepare a full study report on computerisation of benefit-related payments |
| D. E. Barnard Systems | Post-implementation review follow-up study |
| CACI | Research on unemployment in council house estates |
| CCTA Consultancy Services | Electronic mail study |
| CCTA Consultancy Services | Non-quantifiable benefits study |
| CMA Ltd. | Ad-hoc consultancy for computer project |
| CMG Information Services Public Sector Ltd. | Comparative study of computing costs |
| Coopers and Lybrand | Review of local innovation centres |
| Datasolve Ltd. | Consultancy support to computer |
| Deloitte Haskins and Sell | Financial management review of British Tourist Authority and English Tourist Board |
| Durham University Business School | Employment of graduates in small firms |
| HUSAT | Job design and other human factors affecting operators in the NUBS 2 project |
| ICL Ltd. | Advice on the use of software tools |
| ICL Ltd. | Development of a computer prototype |
| IFF Research Ltd. | Vacancies and recruitment in Great Britain |
| Logica | System support |
| Macdonell Douglas | To produce a prototype for the computerisation of personnel records |
| R O'Connor Consultants | Information technology standards strategy study |
| PA Computers and Telecommunications Ltd. | Evaluation criteria for a major computer project |
| PA Consultancy Services Ltd. | Office automation pilot study |
| PA Consultancy Services Ltd. | Work in connection with the review of the skills training agency |
| Pannell Kerr Foster Associates | Review of the statistical needs of the tourism industry |
| Segal Quince Wicksteed | Helping small firms start up and grow; creating a supportive local environment |
| Donald Smith Seymour and Rooley | Generator replacement feasibility study |
| Yale Data Ltd. | To investigate the feasibility of local payment of benefit |
| Arthur Young | To prepare and advise on procedures for managing major capital works projects |
| Arthur Young | Enhancement to resource information system: commitment accounting |