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Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 25 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 February 2005. It was answered by Charlotte Atkins (Labour) on Thursday, 3 February 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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, and over what period of time; and if he will make a statement. - Inc tables.
Answer

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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. [211617] Charlotte Atkins: The following contracts were awarded to Fujitsu during the last two years by the central department, using an Office of Government Commerce pre-competed framework contract: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Service Date £ Data preparation May 2002 to March 2005 12,000 System support April 2003 to March 2004 118,805 System support February to June 2004 59,892 Technical support June 2004 to March 2005 63,234 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The following contracts were awarded to EDS during the last two years by DVLA following competition: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. IT consultancy services £ May to August 2004 37,800 May to June 2004 10,500 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. DVLA have also entered into a 10-year partnering contract with International Business Machines (IBM) on 12 September 2002. Under the terms of this contract IBM sub-contracts the ongoing provision of certain computer services for DVLA to Fujitsu. Fujitsu has retained and extended--for six months until June 2005--a subcontract with EDS to manage certain of the DVLA's communication links with other organisations, until they can be replaced by newer technology.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
430 c1031W; 211617
Session
2004-05
Subjects
Contracts Department for Transport Government departments Electronic Data Systems Fujitsu
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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