[holding answer 10 December 2008]: Directgov has traditionally employed contract staff to fill short-term posts and those posts requiring specialist skills which cannot be recruited from within the civil service. This policy will continue as there is always likely to be a small number of contractors employed. All contractor posts are subject to competition and in order to ensure value for money, all new posts are to be market tested by carrying out a recruitment exercise to ascertain whether suitable resources can be recruited as permanent staff. There is likely to remain a requirement for critical posts to be staffed by a contractor on an interim basis while the recruitment exercise is being carried out.
The contractors currently employed by Directgov are listed in the following table. It should be noted that we are including temporary staff, interims and contractors.
Name of supplier Contractors name Service line Contract Sammons Jonathan Tagg Communications Team Administration Officer ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Tayo Oshinow Editorial and Service Team Administration Officer Sammons Alexandria Jackson Proposition and Strategy Team Administration Officer Cadence Partnership LLP Gita Singham-Willis Business and Operations Team Benefits Realisation Molten-Group Amma Sarfo Business and Operations Team Benefits Realisation Support Stimulation Limited Andrew Cooper Proposition and Strategy Team Brand Manager Blue Pig Consultancy David Allen Business and Operations Team Business Analyst and Technology Assurance Lead ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Ian Maddison Business and Operations Team Business Analyst (Web Specialist) ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Thandi Barrett Business and Operations Team Business Analyst (Web Specialist) ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Irene Conlon Business and Operations Team Business Analyst (Website Specialist) ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Sachin Joshi Business and Operations Team Business Analyst (Website Specialist) Molten-Group Sarah Halverson Business and Operations Team Business Model Analyst Molten-Group Eric Valk Business and Operations Team Business Model Process Lead NESco (Catalist Terms) Martin Smith Business and Operations Team Business Performance and Data Analyst TBC TBC Business and Operations Team Business Process Analyst Sands Resources Natasha Williams Editorial and Service Team CMS Trainer and Support Sands Resources Neisha Khan Editorial and Service Team CMS Trainer and Support StopGap Barnaby Smith Proposition and Strategy Team Communications Research Manager ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Steven Raith Editorial and Service Team Computer Technician Recruitmedia Joanne Lakeman Editorial and Service Team Content Editor Recruitmedia John Hughes Editorial and Service Team Content Editor Badenoch and Clark Tara Stockford Editorial and Service Team Content Editor N-Select Ltd Sarah Richards Editorial and Service Team Content Editor ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Richard Watson Proposition and Strategy Team Design Manager Serco Consulting Anthony Clark Business and Operations Team Directgov Delivery Team Serco Consulting Simon Jewell Business and Operations Team Directgov Delivery Team Impact Executives Paul Collman Proposition and Strategy Team Enterprise Architect G7 N-Select Ltd David Dodds Business and Operations Team Head of Contracts Specialist Computer Centres (SPRINT) Harry Weber Brown Communications Team Head of External Comms for Directgov Parity Resources Michelle Darraugh Communications Team Head of Government Communications Firemoon Limited Gill Elderfield Proposition and Strategy Team Head of Mobile/ TV Product Cadence Partnership LLP Sally Meecham Business and Operations Team Head of Transformational Government Cadence Partnership LLP Joyce McMicken Business and Operations Team HR Communications Specialist JFL Recruit Desela Aleligay Communications Team Information Comms Officer Recruitmedia Hina Patel Special Projects Insight Consultant Zebra People Jason Buck Special Projects Insight Consultant ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Dhirendra Pattni Special Projects Interaction Designer Recruitmedia Karen Stanton Special Projects Interaction Designer Zebra People Kate Simpson Special Projects Interaction Designer Zebra People Prasanna Pavan Special Projects Interaction Designer TFPL David Mann Proposition and Strategy Team Interactive Channels Editor StopGap Stephanie Hubbard Communications Team Internal Communications Officer Cadence Partnership LLP Allan Fraser Business and Operations Team Portfolio Manager Procurement Resources Ltd David Ng Business and Operations Team Procurement and Contracts Manager ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Kiran Atwal Business and Operations Team Procurement Support Zebra People Simon Nixon Special Projects Producer T Leader Sands Resources Bill Mitchell Business and Operations Team Project Manager (Web Convergence) LA International Peter Herlihy Business and Operations Team Project Manager (Web Convergence) Recruitmedia Roz Moreton Business and Operations Team Project Manager Marketing and Comms Serco Consulting Jeremy Cox Proposition and Strategy Team Project Programme Manager Badenoch and Clark Margaret Alaka Business and Operations Team Project Support (Web Convergence) ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Rupert Laming Business and Operations Team Project Support (Web Convergence) Serco Consulting Paul Clarke Proposition and Strategy Team Proposition and Strategy Manager ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Daniel O'Driscall Business and Operations Team Publishing Model Process Lead ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Kaniza Khan Communications Team Relationship Manager Cadence Partnership LLP Rob Archer Business and Operations Team Role Engagement Definition Support N-Select Ltd Harry Lawanson Editorial and Service Team Senior Tester David Rennie Consulting David Rennie Proposition and Strategy Team Solutions Architect Recruitmedia Emma Martin Proposition and Strategy Team Strategic Development ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Helen Lippell Editorial and Service Team Taxonomy and Metadata ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Chris Ushewokunze Citizen Feasibility Account Technical Feasibility Lead LA International Stuart Tyler Citizen Feasibility Account Technical Analyst ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Mohammed Adil Rehman Business and Operations Team Technical Design Architect Serco Interim Branch Etienne Piciocchi Citizen Feasibility Account Technical Project Lead N-Select Ltd Gill Stewart Business and Operations Team Technical Project Manager N-Select Ltd Selina Siddiqui Editorial and Service Team Test Manager NESco (Catalist Terms) Edward Savage Editorial and Service Team User Acceptability Testing Manager Recruitmedia Ibrahim Ahmed Special Projects Web Producer Zebra People Jonathan Marsh Special Projects Web Producer ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Andrew Lamb Proposition and Strategy Team Web Product Manager ReThink (S-Cat provider for this contract is SFW Ltd) Charlotte Walsh Proposition and Strategy Team Web Product Manager