壕！毕马威拿下21亿元政府大单|英国_新浪财经

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据Financial Times2024年8月26日报道，毕马威英国赢得了一份价值高达2.23亿英镑（约合人民币20.84亿元）的英国政府公务人员培训合同。这是该四大会计师事务所获得的第二大公共部门合同。

根据本月开始的与内阁办公室为期14个月的协议，毕马威将负责整个白厅的学习和发展服务，包括监督决策、沟通和职业发展方面的课程。

数据服务提供商Tussell称，该合同的最大价值接近毕马威英国年收入的8%，是毕马威获得的第二大公共部门合同。

Tussell表示，毕马威获得的价值最高的公共部门业务是与内阁办公室签订的一项价值2.37亿英镑（约合人民币22亿元）的独立学习和发展协议。这份为期四年的合同将于今年10月到期，合同内容包括该公司监督公务员的技术培训，比如专业资格认证等。

在卷入一系列丑闻后，内阁办公室禁止毕马威中标公共部门的业务，因此这家四大会计师事务所于2021年停止了对英国政府合同的竞标。2022年，毕马威重新开始竞标公共部门合同。

上个月，英国财政大臣Rachel Reeves下令各部门停止所有用于外部顾问的 “非必要开支”。政府发言人称，毕马威会计师事务所的合同是在7月大选前达成的。这位政府发言人补充说:“(毕马威)合同的价值代表的是最高限额，而不是总成本或可能的支出。”

原文报道详细如下：

KPMG has won a UK government contract worth up to £223mn to train civil servants, the second-largest public sector contract awarded to the Big Four firm and agreed before the Treasury set out plans to drastically reduce Whitehall’s reliance on external consultants last month.

Under the 14-month deal with the Cabinet Office, which commenced this month, the consulting firm will manage learning and development services across Whitehall, including overseeing courses on policymaking, communications and career development.

The maximum value of the contract represents close to 8 per cent of KPMG’s annual UK revenues, making it the second-biggest public sector contract awarded to the firm, according to data provider Tussell.

The most valuable piece of public sector work awarded to KPMG was a separate learning and development deal with the Cabinet Office worth £237mn, Tussell said. That four-year contract, which expires in October, involves the firm overseeing technical training for civil servants, such as professional qualifications.

The lucrative contracts demonstrate a return to positive relations between the government and KPMG. The Big Four firm stopped bidding for UK government contracts in 2021 following a threat by the Cabinet Office to ban it from winning public sector work after its involvement in a series of scandals. It resumed bidding for public sector contracts in 2022.

They also come as the Labour government has committed to halving Whitehall spending on consulting firms during this parliament, with chancellor Rachel Reeves last month ordering departments to stop all “non-essential spending” on external consultants.

A government spokesperson said the KPMG contract was agreed before July’s general election. The Conservative party also pledged to halve Whitehall spending on external advisory firms in its election manifesto.

The Treasury estimated in July that reducing the government’s reliance on advisory groups would save £550mn in the 2024-25 financial year and a further £680mn in 2025-26, when the policy to halve total spending on consultants came into force. The savings would, in part, help fund significant public sector pay rises, the chancellor said.

The government spokesperson added: “The [KPMG] contract’s value represents a maximum limit, not the total cost or likely spend. Any expenditure under the contract must represent good value for money.

“We have taken action to stop all non-essential government consultancy spending in 2024-25 and halve government spending on consultancy in future years.”

One person familiar with the contract said that while KPMG would “manage the catalogue of products and services” outlined in the deal, parts such as training for accredited qualifications would be delivered by universities, business schools and specialist providers.

The consulting industry argues that bringing in specialists for short-term projects is more cost-effective than employing them in government departments full time.

Critics counter that Whitehall’s reliance on expensive external advisory firms wastes money and prevents the UK’s civil service developing valuable skills in-house.

KPMG declined to comment.

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