To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether the computerised personnel information contract awarded to McDonnell-Douglas on 9 May is compatible with the IBM UK financial management information systems contract awarded in August 1986.
The two contracts referred to are for separate, unrelated systems. The question of compatibility does not, therefore, arise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the duration of the contract for computerising the personnel information systems awarded to McDonnell-Douglas on 9 May.
Four months from the date of delivery (4 May).
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the penalties for late completion of the contract for computerising the personnel information systems awarded to McDonnell-Douglas on 9 May; and whether these provisons are based on the delay of the completion of the IBM contract awarded in August 1986.
The contract concerned contains no specific penalty clauses for late completion, but adequate remedies to deal with such an event, should it occur, are available under common law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether the contract for computerising the personnel information systems awarded to McDonnell-Douglas on 9 May duplicates any part of the contract awarded to IBM UK in August 1986.
No.