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Departmental Consultants

Volume 471: debated on Monday 4 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consultancy contracts his Department issued in each year since 2005; what the (a) value, (b) purpose and (c) contractor was in each case; and whether the consultant's report is publicly available in each case. (181898)

The information relating to the consultancy contracts in the Northern Ireland Office (excluding agencies and NDPBs) since 2005 is shown in the following table.

Purpose

Contractor

Value (£)

Report available

2005-06

Evaluation of Radiolink

Deloitte and Touche

27,139

Yes

Evaluation of Racial Harassment Support and Advocacy Project

MMMA Consultancy

9,990

No

Evaluation of Good Morning Projects

NIACRO

10,762

Yes

Technical Assurance

PA Consulting

72,800

No

Consultancy Testing

Deloitte and Touche

25,000

No

Causeway Network Health Check

Securetest

28,225

No

Causeway Contract Management

DLA

3,080

No

Evaluation of Fermanagh and Tyrone Pilot Project

John Jackson

3,300

No

IT and Management

Deloitte and Touche

367,041

No

Assistance in developing PPS Policy Document

Monica McWilliams

1,250

No

Legal Assistance

Ivor Morrison

91,953

No

Quality Assurance Review for the implementation of part V of the Police Act 1997 in Northern Ireland

Daniell Consulting Ltd.

2,148

No

IT Flax Project

Tim Lewis

234,000

No

ITIL

HP

38,000

No

IT Services

Parasol

150,000

No

Review of Gardens and Grounds Maintenance at Hillsborough Castle

TTC International

11,486

No

Provision of a new IT system for the State Pathologist’s Department

Fluent Technology

125,782

No

Status Review of the State Pathologist’s Department

Deloitte MCS Ltd

11,850

No

Advice on quality assuring design requirements for New Mortuary Project

P. Venners

5,084

No

Staffing Review of the State Pathologist’s Department Laboratory

Business Development Service

15,600

No

Advice on new consultant contracts

Dr. Gaston

1,531

No

2006-07

Research into Neighbourhood Watch schemes in Northern Ireland

Social and Market Research

9,782

Yes

Evaluation of the Implementation of ASBOs

DTZ

30,000

Not Yet Complete

Review of Extern and NIACRO

ASM Howarth

38,810

No

Review of the Public Prosecution Service Case Management System

PA Consulting

9,061

No

Accounting Services

Deloitte and Touche

19,775

No

Security Services

Raymond Wilson

7,000

No

Corporate Services

Bill-Hamilton Sturdy

52,493

No

Review of OCTF Media Strategy

SC Dodds Communications

6,000

No

Quality Assurance for the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland

Jim Daniell

35,758

Yes

Production of Business Case for the New Mortuary Project

Napier-Watson Consulting Ltd.

8,828

No

Advice to Northern Ireland Law Commission Project Board

Michael Sayers

2,530

No

2007-08

Provision of a Causeway Testing Manager

Deloitte and Touche

39,163

No

Causeway Programme Health Check

OGC

26,000

No

Provision of a Data Migration Test Manager.(to 2008-09)

Neueda

115,000

No

OCTF DVD

Mark Jervis Broadcast and Corporate Television

5,000

No

OCTF media advertising campaign

Genesis Advertising

40,000

No

Programme Management Support

Parity

5,250

No

Accounting Services

Helm Corporation

57,187

No

Quality Assurance for the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland

Jim Daniell

35,758

Yes

Management Services

Cornwall Management

13,608

No

IT Development

JSE Consultancy

29,000

No

PFD

PricewaterhouseCoopers

40,000

No

Please note that only reports relating to consultancy contracts that are of public interest are made publicly available.