Margaret Hodge – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2016-10-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2016 to Question 44352, for what contracts the largest three total payments were made to (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG in the last three years.
Harriett Baldwin
Details of the Ministry of Defence contracts with the highest expenditure over the past three years, with PwC, Deloitte, Ernst and Young, and KPMG are provided in the following table.
Contract title |
Supplier |
Total expenditure – 2013-14 to 2015-16 £ |
MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDER CONTRACT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES |
PWC LLP |
11,866,144 |
PROVISION OF EXTERNAL SUPPORT TO DEFENCE INTERNAL AUDIT |
PWC LLP |
7,453,821 |
SUPPLY OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE DELIVERY OF DE&S RECRUITMENT AND DELIVERY PROGRAMME |
PWC LLP |
7,395,956 |
EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROVISION OF IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT FOR THE DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE ORGANISATION TRANSFORMATION LOT 1 & 2 |
DELOITTE LLP |
11,274,792 |
HUMAN RESOURCES EXTERNAL SUPPORT FOR DE&S |
DELOITTE LLP |
3,900,000 |
EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE DELIVERY OF THE DE&S OUTPUT REVIEW PROGRAMME |
DELOITTE LLP |
3,360,000 |
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMATION PHASE 3 |
ERNST & YOUNG LLP |
38,215,660 |
EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT FOR LOGISTIC COMMODITIES AND SERVICES INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OPTIMISATION PHASE 2 PROJECT |
ERNST & YOUNG LLP |
7,000,888 |
EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT FOR LOGISTICS, COMMODITIES AND SERVICES PROJECT |
ERNST & YOUNG LLP |
3,546,641 |
MOD COST ASSURANCE AND ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME |
KPMG LLP |
56,484,928 |
MATERIEL STRATEGY-PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ADVISOR |
KPMG LLP |
18,161,930 |
COST ASSURANCE AND ANALYSIS SERVICE (CAAS) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME – COST ESTIMATING |
KPMG LLP |
4,905,124 |
The information provided reflects the fact that we are making fundamental changes to the way we manage the business of Defence, and independent experts with specialist skills are making a valuable contribution to this work. They benefit our permanent workforce by making us more self-reliant and resilient in providing the cutting-edge capabilities our Armed Forces need to keep our country safe.