Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of each contract entered into by his Department during financial year 2008-09 with (a) Alchemist Partnership Limited, (b) Avail Consulting, (c) Building Services Group Ltd., (d) Cambridge Econometrics, (e) Concerto Consulting, (f) Coombs Consulting Ltd., (g) Corporate Value Associates, (h) Haig Consulting Ltd., (i) Hanover Aviation Consulting Ltd., (j) Hay Group Management Limited, (k) Intuity Consulting Ltd., (l) Jedi Systems Consulting Ltd., (m) KPMG LLP, (n) Methods Consulting, (o) Minimal Risk Consultancy Ltd., (p) Mott MacDonald, (q) Ove Arup, (r) Oxford Policy Management Ltd., (s) PA Consulting Group, (t) Projected Consulting Ltd., (u) Purcon Ltd., (v) Ridge and Partners, (w) RPS Health Safety, (x) TPS Consult, (y) Tribal Consulting, (z) UCT Ltd. and (aa) Venn Group Ltd.
Answer
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) only has a static database of all of its contracts in the UK and overseas which was compiled in the latter part of 2008. Work is currently being undertaken to convert this to a real time database. To gather all of the contract information for 2008-09 would involve disproportionate cost so the attached response reflects records kept by the two contracts teams in the FCO and FCO Services for 2008-09 which will cover a high proportion of the contracts awarded by the FCO in the UK during the period.
| Monetary Value (£) | Comment | ||
| Alchemist Partnership Limited | Tristan da Cunha Sustainable Development Plan | 53,200 | — |
| Avail Consulting | Vetting Unit Programme | 148,500.00 | — |
| Building Services Group Ltd | Strategy and Business Consultancy Services | share of 4,000,000 framework | Framework awarded to four suppliers, total monetary value of £4m |
| Dubai Gatehouse - engineering advice | 41,425 | Framework Consultant | |
| Cambridge Econometrics | Consultancy Services: Impact of oil prices on global economic recovery | 33,845 | — |
| Concerto Consulting | Senior Facilities Management Advisor | 174,000 | — |
| Coombs Consulting Ltd | Management Services Internal Consultancy Support to FCOS ESG | 70,000.00 | — |
| Corporate Value Associates | Strategy and Business Consultancy Services | See Avail above | Framework awarded to four suppliers, total monetary value of £4m |
| Haig Consulting Ltd | Estates Related Project Management Services | 511,000.00 | — |
| Hanover Aviation Consulting Ltd | Framework Agreement for Air Brokerage Agent | DFID owned Framework. No FCO contract placed by FCO Contracts Team to date | |
| Hay Group Management Ltd | Benchmarking for FCO Pay Grades in Asia-Pacific Region | 17,000 | — |
| Intuity Consulting Ltd | Consultancy Services for Programme and Project Mgt Services for PRISM Declassification | 252,000 | Annual Commitment |
| Jedi Systems Consulting Ltd | HMRC Support Contract | 30,624.00 | — |
| KMG LLP | Strategy and Business Consultancy Services | See Avail above | Framework awarded to four suppliers, total monetary value of £4m |
| Methods Consulting | Provision of Consultancy Services to FM Project | 143,000 | — |
| Minimal Risk Consultancy Ltd | Provision of Intelligence Staff in Afghanistan | 387,935 | — |
| Mott MacDonald | Basra: Hollyoaks - Additional Protection | 142,082 | — |
| Ove Arup | Kuala Lumpur - COW services | 18,913 | Framework Consultant |
| Oxford Policy Management Ltd | Provision of Economic Advice to Governments of up to five British OTs | 51,000 | — |
| PA Consulting Group | Strategy and Business Consultancy Services | See Avail above | Framework awarded to four suppliers, total monetary value of £4m |
| Provision of Consultancy Services for Knowledge and Information Management Strategy | 35,000.00 | — | |
| Projected Consulting Ltd | Projected Consulting Ltd | 305,760.00 | Configuration, Implementation and User Training for FCO Services Prism Software focusing on the Oracle Project Suites and modules and related applications |
| Purcon Ltd | PCMD Category Manager | 47,838.00 | — |
| Ridge and Partners | Podgorica New Embassy and Residence | 90,000 | Spend figure |
| RPS Health Safety | Madrid Asbestos Survey | 7,000 | Contract sum |
| TPS Consult | Khartoum Asbestos Survey | 9,750 | Contract sum |
| Tbilisi - BREEAM assessment | 11,462 | Framework Consultant | |
| Staff Replacements | 103,885 | Framework Consultant | |
| Staff Replacements | 131,684 | Framework Consultant | |
| Mexico City - Facility review | 6,095 | Framework Consultant | |
| Stockholm -PerimeterWall | 12,200 | Framework Consultant | |
| Buenos Aries - Perimeter Wall | 30,000 | Framework Consultant | |
| Chongqing - Post Quake Survey | 14,500 | Framework Consultant | |
| Minsk - Structural Review | 6,600 | Framework Consultant | |
| Tripoli-Blast Survey | 12,000 | Framework Consultant | |
| Kuala Lumpur - Blast Survey | 25,000 | Framework Consultant | |
| Rangoon - Feasibility study | 7,800 | Framework Consultant | |
| Tripoli - M and E survey | 10,997 | Framework Consultant | |
| Stockholm - blast glazing survey | 4,240 | Framework Consultant | |
| Brussels - Structural Survey | 6,500 | Framework Consultant | |
| Damascus - Delapidation Report | 6,000 | Framework Consultant | |
| Dubai - Gatehouse structural advise | 19,200 | Framework Consultant | |
| Pristina - Due diligence report | 45,995 | Framework Consultant | |
| Minsk - Structural Review | 6,000 | Framework Consultant | |
| Mexico city - Blast advice | 16,532 | Framework Consultant | |
| San Jose - Earthquake Report | 17,800 | Framework Consultant | |
| Khartoum - Structural Advice | 5,713 | Framework Consultant | |
| Boston - BREEAM Assessment | 12,230 | Framework Consultant | |
| Basra - Ad-hoc advice | 1,000 | Framework Consultant | |
| Tripoli - Survey report | 28,540 | Framework Consultant | |
| Tribal Consulting | Provision of Strategic Partner to assist in Producing IT Training Strategy | 99,000 | — |
| UCT Ltd | Pyramid Software Development and Support IS Services and Management Information Systems | 400,000.00 | — |
| Venn Group Ltd | Provision of Security Guarding Procurement Lead | 125,000 | — |