Appendix 7: Advisors employed by the Ministry of Defence

Consultant:

Role:

Appointment date

Fee paid (including VAT)

 

 

 

 

Mackenzie Tribbeck Associates Ltd

Site survey team leader; site survey team co-ordinator

August 1995

£1,189,720

Parity Solutions Ltd

Site survey team members; site survey co-ordinator; data entry support; data collection migration

August 1995

£412,350

CREW Services Ltd

Support for tender evaluation

May 1995

£391,470

Rust Kennedy and Donkin Ltd

Supply of team members to undertake asset data capture

August 1995

£179,990

Admiral Management Services Ltd

Advice on security, evaluation of operational effectiveness and investment appraisal. Design, initial build, and development of the implementation database. Collection and validation of data.

July 1992

£1,853,570

Coopers and Lybrand

Defence Fixed Telecommunications System cost model

July 1994

£107,350

S-Com Ltd

Test network models; advice on Best and Final Offer tenders

August 1995

£99,110

Burges Salmon

Legal advice

October 1996

£79,778

The Charles Douglas Organisation

Provide advice on service management agreements

November 1996

£38,400

Ovum Ltd

Advice on tariff and benchmarking of the BT tender

December 1996

£30,000

EDS Ltd

Advice on integrated logistic support aspects of tenders; provide risk analysis support

August 1995

£28,574

Smith System Engineering Ltd

Assess network synchronisation aspects and management information systems aspects of tenders

August 1995

£14,040

TOTAL

 

 

£4,424,352

The Department paid over £4.4 million for advisors on the letting of the contract

Source: Ministry of Defence