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Outsourcing Contracts

Volume 264: debated on Monday 16 October 1995

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To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many outsourcing contracts were granted by his Department or agencies in each year since 1990, indicating the nature and value of each contract; and if any additional work was added and of what value to (a) Hoskyns/Cap Gemini Segeti, (b) AT and T Istel, (c) EDS, (d) Sema Group, (e) Datasolve, (f) ITN Net, (g) Andersen Consulting, (h) Centre File, (i) BIS, (j) Telecom Capita, (k) ICL, (l) Digital Equipment, (m) CFM,(n) Siemens, (o) Nixdorf, (p) CMG and (q) Logica. [36958]

Details of the nature and value of contracts awarded to external suppliers following a competitive tender of work previously performed in-house by civil servants are in the table. No additional work has been awarded on these contracts to the companies in question. In-house teams who have retained work following a market test obtain a range of services through contracts with external suppliers. Information on those contracts is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Financial year

Agency

Nature of work

Value of work (estimated) £

April 1994 to March 1995Information Technology Services AgencySecurity Guarding436,000
Area Computer Centre6,297,000
Benefits AgencyPublishing Services4,466,000
Accommodation and Office Services for various sites:
Building management and cleaning services905,000
Facilities management3,952,000
Typing and secretarial945,000
Facilities management789,000
Security services192,000
Office Support1,402,000
Facilities management1,375,000
Office Support1,444,000
Building and facilities management services1,517,000
Security, messengerial, stewards, reprographics and post opening646,000
Typing, secretarial, telephonists and building management2,875,000
Post opening, telephonists, typing, stationary and distribution838,000
Facilities management4,251,000
Postal, security and consumable services2,265,000
Building and facilities management1,193,000
Facilities management5,547,000
Building management services1,010,000
Facilities management5,613,000
Facilities management5,275,000
Typing, word processing, switchboard and reprographics2,459,000
Local accommodation facilities management1,654,000
April 1995 to July 1995Information Technology Services AgencyComputer operations management and distributed IT implementation and support services231,400,000