National Audit Office
Investigation into the UKTI specialist services contract with PA Consulting
This is an investigation into the contractual arrangements that UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) had in place since 2013-14 for the outsourcing of sector specialist services with PA Consulting. PA received £18.8million in the first year of a contract due to last three years. Following concerns about the way the contract had been priced UKTI terminated the contract in January …
Published 10 Jun 2016
Value for Money
Department for Business & Trade; Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Topics: Business and industry, Commercial and financial management, Commercial and regulation, Procurement and contract management, Trade and investment
Summary
The NAO's wordsThis is an investigation into the contractual arrangements that UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) had in place since 2013-14 for the outsourcing of sector specialist services with PA Consulting. PA received £18.8million in the first year of a contract due to last three years. Following concerns about the way the contract had been priced UKTI terminated the contract in January 2016 and agreed a commercial settlement with PA in May 2016.
Recommendations
No recommendations are indexed here. The report itself may contain some: see the report on nao.org.uk, linked above.