Dan Poulter corrected the Commons record on Procurement

26 February 2014 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Health

Dan Poulter made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 26 February 2014. The figure 41,000,000 in the original became 15,000,000 in the correction, lower by 26,000,000. Altogether 48 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each supplier of such contract following the contract award. Letter of correction from Dr Daniel Poulter: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Chris Leslie) on 21 January 2014. The full answer given was as follows:

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Original	Corrected
The 10 largest contracts that have been let by the Department since the financial year 2010-11 are as follows: Contract title \| Supplier \| Contract start date \| Contract end date \| Total contract value (£) ICT-IMS 3 Services \| ATOS \| 17 January 2012 \| 17 January 2017 \| 72,000,000 NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC) \| University of Leeds \| 1 April 2010 \| 31 March 2015 \| 53,000,000 Co-ordinating Centre for the UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) \| University of Leeds \| 1 April 2010 \| 30 March 2015 \| 41,000,000 Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines \| Restricted-Commercial \| 24 May 2010 \| 29 April 2015 \| Restricted-Commercial Facilities Management plus other Allied Services \| EMCOR Facilities Services Ltd \| 1 September 2010 \| 31 August 2017 \| 42,000,000 Centre for Workforce Intelligence \| Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd \| 1 October 2010 \| 31 December 2014 \| 25,000,000 Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines \| Restricted-Commercial \| 21 June 2010 \| 20 June 2015 \| Restricted-Commercial Managed Service-Specialist Contractors and Interim Managers. Via DWP. (Cipher) \| CAPITA Resourcing Ltd \| 1 November 2011 \| 2 December 2013 \| 22,000,000 Master Vendor Agreement-Admin and Clerical Staff \| Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd \| 1 June 2011 \| 30 November 2013 \| 15,000,000 National Dietary Nutrition Survey \| NATCEN \| 1 September 2012 \| 31 December 2018 \| 15,000,000 Savings have been accrued in these contracts but specific figures cannot be provided without disproportionate costs being incurred. Levels of overspend or underspend against these contracts is assumed to mean the comparison of an allocated annual internal budget to deliver the contract, with the actual annual contract expenditure. It is not possible to provide this information without disproportionate costs being incurred. Supplier performance is routinely monitored by individual departmental contract managers in accordance with the terms of each contract, and with reference to departmental and wider Government policies and best practices. ~~The correct answer should have been:~~	The 10 largest contracts that have been let by the Department since the financial year 2010-11 are as follows: Contract title \| Supplier \| Contract start date \| Contract end date \| Total contract value (£) ICT-IMS 3 Services \| ATOS \| 17 January 2012 \| 17 January 2017 \| 72,000,000 NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC) \| University of Leeds \| 1 April 2010 \| 31 March 2015 \| 53,000,000 Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines \| Restricted-Commercial \| 24 May 2010 \| 29 April 2015 \| Restricted-Commercial Facilities Management plus other Allied Services \| EMCOR Facilities Services Ltd \| 1 September 2010 \| 31 August 2017 \| 42,000,000 Centre for Workforce Intelligence \| Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd \| 1 October 2010 \| 31 December 2014 \| 25,000,000 Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines \| Restricted-Commercial \| 21 June 2010 \| 20 June 2015 \| Restricted-Commercial Managed Service-Specialist Contractors and Interim Managers. Via DWP. (Cipher) \| CAPITA Resourcing Ltd \| 1 November 2011 \| 2 December 2013 \| 22,000,000 Master Vendor Agreement-Admin and Clerical Staff \| Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd \| 1 June 2011 \| 30 November 2013 \| 15,000,000 National Dietary Nutrition Survey \| NATCEN \| 1 September 2012 \| 31 December 2018 \| 15,000,000 GP Patient Survey 2012-13 \| Ipsos MORI UK Ltd \| 4 March 2013 \| 31 March 2016 \| 15,000,000 Savings have been accrued in these contracts but specific figures cannot be provided without disproportionate costs being incurred. Levels of overspend or underspend against these contracts is assumed to mean the comparison of an allocated annual internal budget to deliver the contract, with the actual annual contract expenditure. It is not possible to provide this information without disproportionate costs being incurred. Supplier performance is routinely monitored by individual departmental contract managers in accordance with the terms of each contract, and with reference to departmental and wider Government policies and best practices.

Original

Corrected

The 10 largest contracts that have been let by the Department since the financial year 2010-11 are as follows:
Contract title
| Supplier
| Contract start date
| Contract end date
| Total contract value (£)
ICT-IMS 3 Services
| ATOS
| 17 January 2012
| 17 January 2017
| 72,000,000
NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC)
| University of Leeds
| 1 April 2010
| 31 March 2015
| 53,000,000
Co-ordinating Centre for the UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN)
| University of Leeds
| 1 April 2010
| 30 March 2015
| 41,000,000
Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines
| Restricted-Commercial
| 24 May 2010
| 29 April 2015
| Restricted-Commercial
Facilities Management plus other Allied Services
| EMCOR Facilities Services Ltd
| 1 September 2010
| 31 August 2017
| 42,000,000
Centre for Workforce Intelligence
| Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd
| 1 October 2010
| 31 December 2014
| 25,000,000
Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines
| Restricted-Commercial
| 21 June 2010
| 20 June 2015
| Restricted-Commercial
Managed Service-Specialist Contractors and Interim Managers. Via DWP. (Cipher)
| CAPITA Resourcing Ltd
| 1 November 2011
| 2 December 2013
| 22,000,000
Master Vendor Agreement-Admin and Clerical Staff
| Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
| 1 June 2011
| 30 November 2013
| 15,000,000
National Dietary Nutrition Survey
| NATCEN
| 1 September 2012
| 31 December 2018
| 15,000,000
Savings have been accrued in these contracts but specific figures cannot be provided without disproportionate costs being incurred.
Levels of overspend or underspend against these contracts is assumed to mean the comparison of an allocated annual internal budget to deliver the contract, with the actual annual contract expenditure. It is not possible to provide this information without disproportionate costs being incurred.
Supplier performance is routinely monitored by individual departmental contract managers in accordance with the terms of each contract, and with reference to departmental and wider Government policies and best practices.
~~The correct answer should have been:~~

The 10 largest contracts that have been let by the Department since the financial year 2010-11 are as follows:
Contract title
| Supplier
| Contract start date
| Contract end date
| Total contract value (£)
ICT-IMS 3 Services
| ATOS
| 17 January 2012
| 17 January 2017
| 72,000,000
NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (CRNCC)
| University of Leeds
| 1 April 2010
| 31 March 2015
| 53,000,000
Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines
| Restricted-Commercial
| 24 May 2010
| 29 April 2015
| Restricted-Commercial
Facilities Management plus other Allied Services
| EMCOR Facilities Services Ltd
| 1 September 2010
| 31 August 2017
| 42,000,000
Centre for Workforce Intelligence
| Mouchel Management Consulting Ltd
| 1 October 2010
| 31 December 2014
| 25,000,000
Contract for the supply and management of a buffer stock of medicines
| Restricted-Commercial
| 21 June 2010
| 20 June 2015
| Restricted-Commercial
Managed Service-Specialist Contractors and Interim Managers. Via DWP. (Cipher)
| CAPITA Resourcing Ltd
| 1 November 2011
| 2 December 2013
| 22,000,000
Master Vendor Agreement-Admin and Clerical Staff
| Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
| 1 June 2011
| 30 November 2013
| 15,000,000
National Dietary Nutrition Survey
| NATCEN
| 1 September 2012
| 31 December 2018
| 15,000,000
GP Patient Survey 2012-13
| Ipsos MORI UK Ltd
| 4 March 2013
| 31 March 2016
| 15,000,000
Savings have been accrued in these contracts but specific figures cannot be provided without disproportionate costs being incurred.
Levels of overspend or underspend against these contracts is assumed to mean the comparison of an allocated annual internal budget to deliver the contract, with the actual annual contract expenditure. It is not possible to provide this information without disproportionate costs being incurred.
Supplier performance is routinely monitored by individual departmental contract managers in accordance with the terms of each contract, and with reference to departmental and wider Government policies and best practices.

The correction in Hansard.

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