## Recruitment And Consultancy Freeze - Exceptions Approved - February  2012

1.  
During the month of January 2012, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze (above £20k) have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer. 

2. 

The details are shown below: 

| Decision                 | Approval    |
|--------------------------|-------------|
| date                     |             |
| Ref: No. &               |             |
| directorate              |             |
| Summary of               |             |
| application              |             |
| Consultancy/             |             |
| recruit                  |             |
| 164                      |             |
| Extension of contract    |             |
| to include Scotland, for |             |
| maintenance and          |             |
| renewals analysis        |             |
| Consultancy              | Approved    |
| 7 February               |             |
| 2012                     |             |
| RPP                      |             |
| Additional £24,000       |             |
| 165                      |             |
| Impact of business       |             |
| change on a sample       |             |
| firms' support function  |             |
| costs                    |             |
| Consultancy              | Approved    |
| 7 February               |             |
| 2012                     |             |
| RME                      |             |
| £42,000                  |             |
| 166                      |             |
| Redevelopment of         |             |
| website - preparation    |             |
| of specification and     |             |
| business case            |             |
| Consultancy              | Approved    |
| 7 February               |             |
| 2012                     |             |
| EA                       |             |
| £30,000                  |             |
| 168                      |             |
| RME                      | Consultancy |
| Assessment of            |             |
| capacity allocation and  |             |
| utilisation on capacity  |             |
| constrained parts of     |             |
| GB rail network          |             |
| 10 February              |             |
| 2012                     |             |
|                          |             |
| £75,000                  |             |
| 159b                     |             |
| Study of IGC safety      |             |
| rule, risk assessment,   |             |
| analysis of safety -     |             |
| additional requirement   |             |
| for £12,600              |             |
| Consultancy              | Approved    |
| 16 February              |             |
| 2012                     |             |
| RSD                      |             |
| (Full value of approval  |             |
| now £37,800)             |             |
 
171 
Agency appointments in HR 
20 February 2012 
External recruitment 
Approved 
HR 173 
Merits of independent fares regulation by ORR 
Consultancy 
Approved 
23 February 2012 
RME 
£60,000 Freight customer survey 
175 
Consultancy 
Approved 
23 February 2012 
RME 
£48,000 
176 
Business intelligence 
best practice review - additional requirement - £6,500  
Consultancy 
Approved 
24 February 2012 
RPP 
(Full value of approval now £27,600) Impact of changes in track access charges on rail freight traffic - additional work - £9,780 
Consultancy 
Approved 
27 February 2012 
132b 
(Full value of approval now £69,780) 
172 
Head of Engineering 
and Asset 
Management 
29 February 
2012 
External 
recruitment 
Approved 
RPP 3. 
The Director of Corporate Services approved 3 applications for 
consultancy <£20,000 (total value £44,740).