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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many contracts in his Department have been granted to (a) EDS, (b) Fujitsu and (c) jointly in each of the last two years; whether they were open to competition; for what they were granted; for how much; over what period of time; and if he will make a statement. [211621] Jane Kennedy: The Department for Work and Pensions continues to award business to EDS under its Accord and ITPA PFI contracts, both of which were subject to competition and were signed in 1999 and 1998 respectively. During the last two years business has been awarded to: EDS: Pension Credit Front End (awarded under Accord) to a total value of £41.8 million, for the period 1 February 2003 to 31 March 2006. Fujitsu: Application Hosting and Associated Operational-- the initial component of this being an Enterprise Resource Planning system. The contract was awarded following a competition which was advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union and has an estimated value of £27 million over five years. Advisory Services to Fujitsu (under Accord) to a value of £0.37 million, of which £0.177 million during 2003 and £0.194 million in 2004. Real Time Pensions Forecasting design and development contract awarded to Fujitsu following a competition under the Accord framework,. The contract runs from December 2003 to September 2004 and has an estimated value of £4.654 million. An application maintenance contract for this system has also been awarded to Fujitsu running from September 2004 until March 2006 with an estimated value of £0.592 million. No new contracts have been awarded jointly between EDS and Fujitsu within the last two years.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

211621; 430 c1347W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Contracts Department for Work and Pensions Government departments Electronic Data Systems Fujitsu

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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