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To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the public bodies which have used (a) G-CAT and (b) C-CAT in the last two years; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures and fact that a list of the organisations using each scheme is being...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the public bodies which have used (a) G-CAT and (b) C-CAT in the last two years; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures and fact that a list of the organisations using each scheme is being...
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Andrew Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 March 2002
For answer on
26 March 2002
Answered on
26 March 2002
Subjects
Contracts; ICT; Public bodies; G-CAT
Date
26 March 2002
Reference
45444; 382 c859W;382 c853W
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from (a) local authorities and (b) Government departments on the legal status of G-CAT and S-CAT; and if he will place copies of such representations in the Library; what legal advice his Department has received on the...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from (a) local authorities and (b) Government departments on the legal status of G-CAT and S-CAT; and if he will place copies of such representations in the Library; what legal advice his Department has received on the...
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Andrew Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 July 2001
For answer on
16 July 2001
Answered on
16 July 2001
Subjects
ICT; Government departments; Legal opinion; Local government; Public sector; Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency; G-CAT
Date
16 July 2001
Reference
3817;3816; 372 c22W
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, what the total income and expenditure of the CCTA in the last five financial years for which information is available was; pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report,...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, what the total income and expenditure of the CCTA in the last five financial years for which information is available was; pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report,...
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Andrew Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 March 2001
For answer on
27 April 2001
Answered on
27 April 2001
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (1) pursuant to his answer of 19 March 2001, Official Report, column
29W, on CCTA, what the total income and expenditure of the CCTA in the last five financial years for which information is available
was; [155828]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 19 March 2001, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, if he will place details of the CCTA's methods
for calculating the savings from S-Cat and G-Cat in the Library; and what independent verification mechanism was used; [155830]
(3) pursuant to his answer of 19 March 2001, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, on what dates reviews were completed of whether
G-Cat and S-Cat are compliant with EC tendering rules; which organisation conducted these reviews; and if he will place copies of
the reviews in the Library; [155831]
(4) pursuant to his answer of 19 March 2001, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, what compulsion is on a G-Cat or S-Cat purchaser
to put information on their contracts in the public domain; [155832]
(5) pursuant to his answer of 19 March 2001, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, what the total value of orders placed through
G-Cat and S-Cat in each of the past five years was. [155829]
Mr. Andrew Smith: [holding answer 27 March 2001]:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Office of Government Commerce, whom I have asked to reply.
Letter from Bob Assirati to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 26 April 2001:
I have been asked to reply to your further Parliamentary Questions regarding GCat and S-CAT, and CCTA's costs and revenues.
You may wish to be aware that CCTA ceased to exist from the 31{st} of March 2001, but its functions have been absorbed within the
Office of Government Commerce. Responsibility for GCat and S-Cat now rests with the OGC Trading Arm, OGC Buying.Solutions. The
outcome of the review of OGC and its Agencies was announced in a Parliamentary Question to the Chief Secretary of the Treasury from
Ms Jackie Lawrence MP on 19{th} December 2000. I am therefore writing to you as the outgoing Chief Executive of CCTA.
The original assessments of compliance with the EC tender rules in respect of GCat and S-CAT were conducted by CCTA before the
contracts were let. In 1997, the position of GCat and S-CAT was considered jointly by CCTA, HM Treasury and the Treasury Solicitor.
It was felt that the original assessments remained valid and customers were advised accordingly. In March 2000 both catalogues were
again confirmed as fully compliant with EC Directives.
The details of the review processes referred to above are of a commercial/confidential nature and formed part of CCTA's normal
day-to-day business operations.
The total value of orders exceeding £200,000, in each of the past five years, for the catalogue services are as follows:
Total value of GCat and S-CAT orders over £200,000
£ million
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
GCat S-CAT
1996 n/a 0
1997 n/a 0
1998 26.65 10.187
1999 46.54 8.657
2000 43.96 40.393
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes: 1. The GCat and S-CAT schemes were established in April 1996 and October 1997 respectively. 2. Unfortunately, the figures for
GCat prior to 1998 are not available through the current computer systems and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The total value of orders placed, in each of the past five years, through the catalogue services are shown below:
Total value of all GCat and S-CAT orders
£ million
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
GCat S-CAT
1996 7.32 0
1997 55.69 0.063
1998 129.99 21.52
1999 188.3 29.2
2000 215.55 67.23
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
At times of contract procurement and subsequent re-competition, it was CCTA's practice to issue as much information as possible to
potential bidders about the actual or potential users of the schemes, the nature of the goods and services which may be procured
through them and the total annual value of orders that are likely to be placed. Neither the existing procurement directives nor the
EC's draft proposals on framework contracts specifically require individual users of such contracts to place information about their
orders through the OJEC procedure (though some may do so voluntarily). However, CCTA expected individual users of GCat and S-CAT to
comply with the obligations placed on them by open government policies/legislation (e.g. the Code of Practice on Access to Official
Information and the Freedom of Information Act 2000) as appropriate.
Details of the rationale for using framework contracts and catalogues for routine purchases are contained in the Comprehensive
Spending Review of Efficiency in Civil Government Procurement Expenditure issued in April 1998, and the case for greater
co-ordination and aggregation of Government spending is contained in the Gershon Review of Civil Procurement in Central Government
issued in April 1999. I assume that copies of these reports are already available through the H of C Library.
The total income and expenditure, in the last five financial years for CCTA, was as follows:
£000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
CCTA total
Income Expenditure
1996-97 20,835 28,676
1997-98 22,544 22,486
1998-99 25,200 23,454
1999-2000 28,353 27,646
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes: 1. There are no figures available prior to CCTA becoming an agency in April 1996. 2. These figures are published in CCTA's
Annual Report and Accounts for 1998-99 and 1999-2000 House of Commons references numbers 370(98/99) and 740(99/00).
Subjects
Contracts; Finance; ICT; Government departments; Public bodies; Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency; G-CAT
Date
27 April 2001
Reference
367 c428-9W;367 c428-30W; 155828;155830;155831;155832;155829
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue CCTA have raised through commissions paid on sales facilitated by (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat in each of the last five financial years; what proportion of orders placed through (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat have exceeded £200,000 in the last...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue CCTA have raised through commissions paid on sales facilitated by (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat in each of the last five financial years; what proportion of orders placed through (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat have exceeded £200,000 in the last...
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Andrew Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 February 2001
For answer on
19 March 2001
Answered on
19 March 2001
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much revenue CCTA have raised through commissions paid on sales
facilitated by (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat in each of the last five financial years; [151535]
(2) what proportion of orders placed through (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat have exceeded £200,000 in the last year for which figures are
available. [151534]
Mr. Andrew Smith: [holding answers 27 February 2001]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief
executive of the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Bob Assirati to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 15 March 2001:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply to your two recent Parliamentary Questions (Ref: 151534, 151535) about GCat
and S-CAT. The information you have requested is given below.
For the year up to 31 December 2000, approximately 0.25% of GCat orders (1 in every 400) exceeded £200k in value. The equivalent
figure for S-CAT was 3.5% (1 in 33).
The revenues received by CCTA on sales through these schemes for each of the last 5 years is as follows:
£000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Financial year GCat S-CAT
2000-01 (up to 31/12/2000) 855.8 1,471
1999-2000 1,248 1,285.5
1998-99 990.7 563
1997-98 561.8 20.3
1996-97 244.8 0
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
As a self-funding executive agency it is a requirement that the total costs of procurement and contract management are recovered in
full. The term revenue in this context relates to the charges levied to contractors to cover these expenses.
Due to the recent variations in volume of business, a revenue review of GCat and S-CAT is being conducted.
General information about income and expenditure related to the services provided by CCTA, including catalogue services, was set out
in their last Annual Report and Accounts for 1999-2000, copies of which can be found in the House of Commons Library.
Subjects
Contracts; ICT; Government departments; Income; Public bodies; Procurement; Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency; G-CAT
Date
19 March 2001
Reference
365 c29W; 151535;151534
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the largest contract is that has been placed through (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat; and if he will make a statement; what assessment he has made of the benefits that government departments realise through the use of G-cat and S-cat; what assessment...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the largest contract is that has been placed through (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat; and if he will make a statement; what assessment he has made of the benefits that government departments realise through the use of G-cat and S-cat; what assessment...
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Andrew Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 February 2001
For answer on
19 March 2001
Answered on
19 March 2001
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the largest contract is that has been placed through (a) G-cat
and (b) S-cat; and if he will make a statement; [151578]
(2) what assessment he has made of the benefits that Government Departments realise through the use of G-cat and S-cat; [151579]
(3) what assessment he has made of the compliance of G-cat and S-cat with EC tendering legislation. [151580]
Mr. Andrew Smith: [holding answer 1 March 2001]:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Central Computer and Telecommunications
Agency. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Bob Assirati to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 15 March 2001:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply to your 3 Parliamentary Questions about GCat and S-CAT (Ref: 151578, 151579,
151580). The information you have requested is given below.
You asked what assessment has been made of the compliance of GCat and S-CAT with EC tendering legislation. An assessment of
compliance with the EC procurement rules was made by CCTA before the GCat and S-CAT framework contracts were awarded. Following the
establishment of the Office of Government Commerce (with effect from 1 April 2000) further reviews have confirmed the view that both
GCat and S-CAT are compliant with the EC rules.
You also asked what the largest contracts are which have been placed through GCat and S-CAT respectively and if a statement can be
made. It is a feature of these schemes that customer organisations contract direct with their selected prime contractors. It is not
therefore appropriate for CCTA to give details regarding individual contracts to which we are not party as there may be commercial
or contractual sensitivities of which we are unaware. However, in terms of contractual value, the largest individual customer orders
placed so far through GCat and S-CAT are valued at £2.5 million and £17.8 million respectively.
Finally you asked what assessments have been made of the benefits that Government departments realise through the use of GCat and
S-CAT. In general the benefits gained from these framework contracts are: Compliance with EC procurement procedures Reduced
procurement timescales and costs Economy-of-scale pricing Simplified ordering with e-procurement facilities Sound contractual
protection
The quantification and aggregation of these benefits is not a straightforward process as different customers derive differing
degrees of benefit according to their own circumstances. However CCTA have estimated that savings during the first 5 years from GCat
and S-CAT are approximately £30 million and £3.5 million respectively. The 1999 NAO Report on Modernising Procurement contains
further detailed analysis of the CGat efficiency savings.
Subjects
Contracts; ICT; EU law; Government departments; Public bodies; Procurement; Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency; G-CAT
Date
19 March 2001
Reference
365 c29-30W; 151578;151579;151580
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work has been undertaken for his Department in the last three years by G-CAT.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work has been undertaken for his Department in the last three years by G-CAT.
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Andrew Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 October 2000
For answer on
15 November 2000
Answered on
15 November 2000
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what work has been undertaken for his Department in the last three years
by G-CAT. [136198]
Mr. Andrew Smith: For the three financial years ending in March 2000, the Treasury has placed orders for PC servers and other
related computer equipment with G-CAT.
Subjects
Contracts; Computers; ICT; Government departments; Equipment; G-CAT
Date
15 November 2000
Reference
356 c716W; 136198
House
House of Commons