DAVID MACBRAYNE LIMITED PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM (SCOTLAND) ACT 2010: DUTIES TO PUBLISH INFORMATION Introduction Sections 31 and 32 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 requires listed public bodies, which includes David MacBrayne Limited, to publish information on expenditure and certain other matters after the end of each financial year. The information provided covers the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013. 1. Public Relations and Marketing ( 698,039) Includes cost of marketing, sponsorship, online marketing, production of publications and public relations. 2. Overseas Travel ( 9,517) Expenditure relates to Factory acceptance testing of New Hybrid Vessels and Ullapool/Stornoway replacement. Project Management, Shipyard Testing and Operational Meetings. Other overseas travel relates to travel for conferences. 3. Hospitality and Entertainment ( 6,822) Provided to employees and third parties mainly relating to dinners such as Press Awards, Institute of Marine Engineering, James Watt, Royal National Mod and other conferences. 4. External Consultancy ( 293,834) Relates to tender consultancy, IT, human resources, strategy development and general consultancy 5. Payments with a value in excess of 25,000 See attached statement. It should be noted that the duties to publish information do not apply to expenditure incurred or payments made where the expenditure or payment arises out of an obligation contained in a contract entered into before 1 October 2010 and the disclosure of that expenditure or payment would breach the express terms of the contract relating to that obligation. 6. Members or employees who received remuneration in excess of 150,000 One Director of David MacBrayne Limited received remuneration in excess of 150,000 in the 2012/13 financial year. The Company publishes a Report on Directors remuneration (including benefits in kind) within the Annual Report and financial statements which can be found on the Company s website at www.david-macbrayne.co.uk. October 2013 1
7. Sustainable economic growth The ferry services provided by David MacBrayne Group play a key role in sustaining and enabling economic development in Scotland s island communities. This is achieved through the exercise of its functions to:- provide c. 150,000 timetabled ferry services per annum under the public service contracts with Scottish Government achieve annual patronage of 5m passengers, 1.1m cars and 1m freight metres contributing 70.8m farebox and other income which was achieved in 2012/13. Across the network, David MacBrayne s operating companies, which serve the Clyde and Hebrides, are responsible for transporting almost everything island communities require to thrive and play an active part in the Scottish economy including: cattle to market, which includes special sailings hay and animal feed food and clothing grain for whisky production and then whisky for export giant wind turbines required for electricity generation ambulance and fire engines medical supplies (e.g. blood and samples for testing) children to/from school fresh produce, including live shellfish, is carried before being driven to continental markets live fish for fish farms fuel timber newspapers/mail. The Company recognises it also has a role to play in sustaining the environmental wellbeing of the areas it serves and is fully committed to finding ways to reduce carbon emissions and has already taken some major steps to achieve this through: fitting new propeller designs coating hulls with silicon paint actively considering heat recovery systems and low energy lighting. The latest addition to our vessel operating fleet, MV Finlaggan, is fitted with a bulbous bow and we are now actively pursuing the use of hybrid technology for the next generation of small ferries. 8. Efficiency, effectiveness and economy David MacBrayne has improved efficiency, effectiveness and economy in the exercise of its functions, which resulted in 0.8m contractual clawback payments being made to Scottish Government under the terms of the Public Service Contracts for Ferry Services the Group companies provided in 2012/13. These initiatives included: October 2013 2
8. Efficiency, effectiveness and economy (continued) Procurement Our procurement policies and procedures are reviewed and updated to promote the Scottish Government Procurement Journey. We participate in the Scottish Government Procurement Capability Assessment and have been assessed as Improved Performance. To increase efficiency and effectiveness in our tender process tenders are issued through Public Contracts Scotland tender module. This improves the tendering and evaluation stages of our contracting process. Over time, it is envisaged the service will improve the tender process for both buyers and suppliers by: Simplifying the contracting process; Introducing standardised processes and templates; Removing duplication of effort by storing key information in a dedicated user workspace; Enabling more efficient communication between buyers and bidders; Embedding a contract and supplier management module to better manage contracts once they are awarded In addition, we issue the standard public sector pre-qualification questionnaire to suppliers tendering for our business to enable businesses to familiarise themselves with public sector procurement processes and concentrate resources on quality aspects of their responses. At a corporate organisational level, the executive team is keen to optimise the performance of our approach to Responsible and Sustainable Procurement. The Scottish Government s sustainable procurement flexible framework self assessment tool has been completed to determine our current position and an action plan is being prepared to develop our corporate policy. The aim of the corporate policy is to support economic growth by delivering social and environmental benefits, supporting innovation and promoting public procurement process and systems which are transparent, streamlined, standardised, proportionate, fair and business friendly. October 2013 3
Suppliers Paid > 25k 01 April 2012-31 March 2013 Total Row Labels Name No Invoices Payment Value ( ) Audit Costs KPMG 1 48,240.00 Audit Costs Total 1 48,240.00 Berthing & Traffic Costs ARDROSSAN HARBOUR CO LTD 12 779,379.38 ARGYLL & BUTE COUNCIL 35 2,977,386.33 COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR 4 382,089.19 HIGHLAND COUNCIL 18 905,242.80 Lerwick Port Authority 5 326,474.96 MALLAIG HARBOUR AUTHORITY 7 265,387.20 Orkney Islands Council 15 513,280.54 Scrabster Harbour Trust 11 297,207.20 STORNOWAY PIER & HARBOUR COMMISSION 25 1,111,824.45 ULLAPOOL HARBOUR TRUSTEES 23 1,010,089.88 Berthing & Traffic Costs Total 155 8,568,361.93 Cadet Training CLYDE MARINE TRAINING LIMITED 41 251,924.73 Cadet Training Total 41 251,924.73 Coastguard Services MARITIME & COASTGUARD AGENCY 3 68,429.30 Coastguard Services Total 3 68,429.30 Electricity Charge SCOTTISH POWER PLC 1 26,310.11 Electricity Charge Total 1 26,310.11 Fuel Asco UK Limited 13 602,786.55 GB OILS LTD T/A SCOTTISH FUELS 124 3,047,090.08 HENTY OIL LTD 33 510,499.32 HIGHLAND FUELS LTD 26 557,875.21 Fuel Total 196 4,718,251.16 ICT Costs ADVANCED BUSINESS SOLUTIONS 5 96,411.81 AXIAL SYSYTEMS LTD 1 25,200.00 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 4 125,394.59 IITAC Ltd 1 32,697.00 R C E ASSOCIATES 7 135,141.59 REDSTONE 6 351,632.20 SERVO T/A PHOENIX 7 135,238.90 SITEKIT SOLUTIONS LTD 1 25,680.00 VERSKO LTD 2 33,686.22 VOYAGER NETWORKS 14 650,201.52 ICT Costs Total 48 1,611,283.83 Insurance Costs INSURENESS LTD 2 31,913.95 JLT SPECIALTY LIMITED NST CLIENT 8 443,015.80 NORTH OF ENGLAND P & I ASSOCIATION 13 325,961.89 Insurance Costs Total 23 800,891.64 Laundry Service Aberdeen Laundry Services 2 39,788.84 Laundry Service Total 2 39,788.84 Legal Costs BIGGART BAILLIE SOLICITORS 1 26,624.40 Legal Costs Total 1 26,624.40 Marine Staff CLYDE MARINE (GUERNSEY) LTD 9 337,136.22 MARINE MANNING (GUERNSEY) LTD 3 154,554.00 Marine Staff Total 12 491,690.22 Marketing Costs AN COMMUN GAIDHEALACH 1 30,000.00 ANTON GROUP LTD 1 29,236.00 October 2013 4
CARAT 10 233,077.22 SHEARD HUDSON 1 61,000.00 VISIT SCOTLAND 1 42,000.00 Marketing Costs Total 14 395,313.22 Port Maintenance & Repair ROSS & LAIDLAW & SONS 3 62,863.20 Port Maintenance & Repair Total 3 62,863.20 Professional Services AON LIMITED 1 51,700.84 Professional Services Total 1 51,700.84 Rates Aberdeen City Council 1 174,040.00 FALKIRK COUNCIL 1 98,470.00 Rates Total 2 272,510.00 Rent Aberdeen Harbour Board 25 506,162.93 Rent Total 25 506,162.93 Ship Repair & Overhauls ARDMALEISH BOATBUILDING CO LTD 9 464,599.00 CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS 3 744,440.00 CENTRAL WEIGHING LIMITED 1 38,678.48 CO AT MARINE LIMITED 1 37,710.00 CORPACH BOATBUILDING COMPANY LIMITED 2 77,491.66 DALES MARINE SERVICES LTD 3 858,688.45 EATON POWER QUALITY LTD 1 31,483.38 Filpumps Ltd 1 30,342.02 FINNING (UK) LTD 3 162,108.54 GARVEL CLYDE LIMITED 27 2,712,507.87 HATECKE SERVICE GMBH 1 50,500.00 HOLLAND DIESEL MAASSLUIS BV 4 46,122.76 MAN DIESEL LTD 4 146,721.10 NAPIER TURBOCHARGERS LTD 1 37,693.19 PON POWER 1 31,916.21 QBE INSURANCE (EUROPE) LTD 5 613,096.95 RFD LIMITED 2 54,640.94 RL ENGINEERING SERVICES 3 37,521.18 ROLLS ROYCE MARINE 10 436,242.26 SEATRUCK FERRIES LTD 1 250,000.00 STONE MARINE SERVICES LTD 9 194,156.65 SURVITEC SERVICE & DISTRIBUTION 6 44,371.50 THORN SECURITY LTD 1 63,201.72 TREVOR MCDONALD MARINE ENG SERVICES LTD 2 56,635.90 VIKING LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT LTD 10 265,868.74 VOITH TURBO LTD (SURREY) 3 139,832.16 Ship Repair & Overhauls Total 114 7,626,570.66 Supply of Tickets DIRECTIONAL DATA SYSTEMS LTD 1 34,800.00 Supply of Tickets Total 1 34,800.00 Uniforms IOMA CLOTHING CO LTD 1 194,573.79 Uniforms Total 1 194,573.79 Vessel Lease & Harbour Costs CALEDONIAN MARITIME ASSETS LTD 32 16,034,424.91 Vessel Lease & Harbour Costs Total 32 16,034,424.91 Vessel Security Maritime Protection Solutions Ltd 3 220,685.07 Vessel Security Total 3 220,685.07 Grand Total 679 42,051,400.78 October 2013 5