As part of their effort to appear more transparent, Peterborough City Council publishes a monthly digest of all payments made by them to suppliers over £500.
At the time of writing, December 29th 2011, they have published numbers up until October 2011.
During that month, the following individual payments were made to Amtec Consulting:
Paid on 7th October 2011
2880.00
4368.00
5741.95
6494.40
21516.00
16197.60
8289.60
9451.20
22945.20
36000.54
24950.21
11067.00
49992.00
15876.00
47832.00
5040.00
4838.40
93271.92
16200.00
720.00
8910.00
30293.40
4395.60
27208.80
4770.00
11224.98
1008.00
16128.00
16926.00
Total: 524536.80
That half a million pounds is a typical monthly total for Amtec.
It's impossible to imagine what all these payments represent. You would have to be a fool to think that a request to PCC for some flesh on the bone would meet with anything other than obfustication and delay, by which time three more month's worth of payments would have been and gone west.
There is no transparency.
Thursday 29 December 2011
York Engages Reverse Gear
Kersten England, the council’s chief executive .. said the council was on course to reduce its consultancy bill by about 50 per cent year on year, as part of its efforts to save £21 million. .. Among the 14 consultants named, the biggest spend was on public-sector management consultants Amtec Consulting Plc which has received £1,009,875. .. The organisation worked alongside V4 and Northgate Kendrick Ash (NKA) as part of the council’s More For York efficiency programme .. V4 has been paid £90,915 since April 2009 and NKA, which walked off the More for York job before it was finished, following a dispute with the council in 2009, has been paid more than £800,000 in total.
City of York Council spends £3m on consultancy fees
City of York Council spends £3m on consultancy fees
Peterborough Bloke
This is a comment by "Peterborough Bloke" raised to a post of its own:
The council’s procurement of the PSP contract has now been exposed as a charade. It was clearly never intended to deliver best value or even a competitive quote, but a means by which to conceal the millions of pounds gifted to existing key suppliers.
The procurement process was a fraud because there was only one nominated subcontractor the existing key suppliers - V4 Services.
With ever more wild exaggerations of unsubstantiated cost savings by councillors it is becoming clear that the council is shamefully demeaning the rules of good governance. The millions of pounds gifted to consultants without open and transparent arrangements and without scrutiny or accountability can only give rise to the view that either the council is incompetent or corrupt, but probably both.
From ancient Rome to the Third Reich people believe the propaganda issued by their dictators until its all to late and irrecoverable damage is done. It usually starts with the censorship of the media so that only official propaganda can be published.
Comments to PCC related stories published in the Peterborough Today often get withdrawn early especially when some truth should prick the consciences of leading cabinet members. Clearly not wishing to get an offer they cant refuse from their clients PCC who have paid Johnston Press £43452.54 so far this year, they acquiesce and withdraw the comments.
They use to say money talks but now it is used to buy silence.
£50 million and still rising: Peterborough favours a small group of consultants.
The council’s procurement of the PSP contract has now been exposed as a charade. It was clearly never intended to deliver best value or even a competitive quote, but a means by which to conceal the millions of pounds gifted to existing key suppliers.
The procurement process was a fraud because there was only one nominated subcontractor the existing key suppliers - V4 Services.
With ever more wild exaggerations of unsubstantiated cost savings by councillors it is becoming clear that the council is shamefully demeaning the rules of good governance. The millions of pounds gifted to consultants without open and transparent arrangements and without scrutiny or accountability can only give rise to the view that either the council is incompetent or corrupt, but probably both.
From ancient Rome to the Third Reich people believe the propaganda issued by their dictators until its all to late and irrecoverable damage is done. It usually starts with the censorship of the media so that only official propaganda can be published.
Comments to PCC related stories published in the Peterborough Today often get withdrawn early especially when some truth should prick the consciences of leading cabinet members. Clearly not wishing to get an offer they cant refuse from their clients PCC who have paid Johnston Press £43452.54 so far this year, they acquiesce and withdraw the comments.
They use to say money talks but now it is used to buy silence.
£50 million and still rising: Peterborough favours a small group of consultants.
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