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Consultants

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the five most expensive external consultancy contracts awarded by his Department were in each of the last four years; and if he will make a statement. (104253)

The five most expensive external consultancy contracts awarded by the DWP are shown in the following table. Information is only available from April 2004, prior to this date records are not held centrally and information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Please note that these are contracted values and include subsequent contract extensions.

Supplier

Description

Accumulative contract value (£)

2004-05

Booz Allen Hamilton

Pensions Transformation Programme “Wave 1 and 2”

56,400,000

IBM UK Ltd.

A central role in strategic planning and business change in the finance and procurement domains including support for the implementation of the finance and procurement elements of the Resource Management system. It also covered changes being made in the areas of Debt Management and the Business Information Centre

48,631,534

Capgemini UK plc

Programme Systems Delivery—Transformational design and implementation including managed service provision of interim transformation managers

26,250,000

PA Consulting Services Ltd.

Payment Modernisation Programme

25,580,918

Capgemini UK plc

HR Change Programme—Design and implementation of whole programme including processing, resource management, learning and reward management

9,520,000

2005-06

Booz Allen Hamilton

Pensions Transformation Programme Design Changes Phase (1)

25,000,000

Booz Allen Hamilton

Pensions Transformation Programme Design Changes Phase (2)

18,100,000

Booz Allen Hamilton

Pensions Transformation Programme Wave 1 Operational Readiness Review Gate

9,600,000

Deloitte MCS Ltd.

Integrated Communications and Network Services (ICONS) Transformation Plan Management

6,337,500

RSM Robson Rhodes LLP

Strategic partner to Risk and Assurance Directorate responsible for departmental audit and control work

5,000,000

2006-07 to January 2007

Deloitte MCS Ltd.

Programme Systems Directorate strategic support relating to major IT contracts

8,230,802

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Strategic Review of Remploy

800,000

Deloitte MCS Ltd.

Child Support Agency operational Improvement Programme Business Process Design and Re-engineering

789,597

Capita Consulting

Pensions Transformation Strategic Business Assurance support including risk assessment

743,004

Capgemini UK plc

Group Finance Directorate support in delivery of Planning and Performance Management Engagement Model Phase 2

446,310