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Consultancies

Volume 170: debated on Wednesday 28 March 1990

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To ask the Prime Minister what was the total amount spent by the Cabinet Office in 1989 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases; if she will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by the Cabinet Office in 1989, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment; and what is the total amount that the Cabinet Office has budgeted to spend in the current year.

The expenditure by the Cabinet Office on management and computer consultancies, excluding purchases of hardware and software, is estimated to be £163,900 in 1989–90. The management and computer consultancy contracts let by the Cabinet Office during 1989–90 are as follows:

FirmAssignment
Coopers and LybrandPilot study on evaluation
Infomet LtdSystem building for local area network
National Children's BureauAdvice on the London Childcare Project
Nettel LtdAdapting software to user requirement
Oracle Corportation UK LtdRedevelopment of management information system
Peter Williams AssociatesAdvice on the London Childcare Project
Praxis SystemsAssistance in the analysis, design and formulation of software
Price WaterhouseAdvice on performance indicators and management information systems
FirmAssignment
Price WaterhouseDesign and write database system
Psytech LtdDevelopment of computerised system to support use of psychometric testing in recruitment schemes
Shaista FaruqiDesign of recruitment monitoring system
Systematika LtdSoftware development for personnel record system