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Delivery of ICT services and ICT projects under the Merlin contract

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Meeting: 31/01/2012 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

Delivery of ICT services and ICT projects under the Merlin contract

Consideration of handling the  Wales Audit Office report on the Merlin ICT contract.  

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee discussed its handling of the Wales Audit Office report Delivery of ICT services and ICT projects under the Merlin contract.


Meeting: 18/10/2011 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 The delivery of ICT services and ICT projects under the Merlin contract: Evidence from The Permanent Secretary

PAC(4)-06-11 – Paper 2 – Wales Audit Office report – The delivery of ICT services and ICT projects under the Merlin contract

 

Dame Gillian Morgan, Permanent Secretary

Bernard Galton, Director General, People, Places and Corporate Services

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee welcomed Dame Gillian Morgan, Permanent Secretary; Bernard Galton, Director General for People, Places and Corporate Services; and Crispin O’Connell, Deputy Director, Places and Services Division.

 

5.2 The Committee also welcomed Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales and Paul Dimblebee, Group Director – Performance Audit, Wales Audit Office.

 

5.3 The Committee questioned the witnesses.

 

Action points:

 

The Welsh Government agreed to provide:

 

·         Details on the 298 different suppliers used outside the Merlin contract, including the number of those suppliers who are based in Wales.

·         Further information on savings made by avoiding disallowance, including how Value for Money was demonstrated and any reputational issues.