Apparent number of people working on test and trace

[mallisarealperson]

COVID-19: Hundreds of Deloitte consultants working on test and trace - YouTube.

Includes cost. No surprise really.

Many people from Deloitte. I was under the impression Serco was involved??

Well rates not cost.

[edison]

I've worked with Deloitte consultants in the past and in my experience they are generally better than the other Big 4 consultancies or near equivalents. But WTF can 1,100 of them be doing on Test & Trace? Surely it's not that complicated?!?

And 84 consultants from McKinsey and BCG? They are two of the 'Big 3' global strategy consultancies along with Bain (i.e. the world's most expensive consultants.) The mind boggles at what they must be doing. Their most senior staff can charge £7,000/day upwards.

[SimonMac]

So you're highlighting the fact that a client is hiring a load of consultants on a forum of contractors!?

And don't forget T&T IS an entire new Govt. department that has been stood up in short order, or did you expect all the stuff that the NHS and DHSC were doing before this has been parked?!

And we all know that for every 1 person on the £2360 a day scale, most of the work is done by and resources are grads at the lower end

[Andy2]

They will spend billions on test and trace while other countries are doing it at a fraction of the cost
gravy train on platform 5, all aboard

[Andy2]

I've worked with Deloitte consultants in the past and in my experience they are generally better than the other Big 4 consultancies or near equivalents. But WTF can 1,100 of them be doing on Test & Trace? Surely it's not that complicated?!?

Those excel spreadsheets and powerpoints need making. I hope they save it as xlsx this time not xls.

[Hobosapien]

Bozo has already covered this.

Boris Johnson says coronavirus crisis presents 'massive opportunity' to 'maximise potential of country' | London Evening Standard

We have a massive opportunity now to use this unquestionable crisis

There will be many companies on favourable terms with those in government making out like bandits. They've got to get some payoff for all those party donations and brown nosing sessions at the private clubs. It's only a few billion from the magic money tree.

[edison]

So you're highlighting the fact that a client is hiring a load of consultants on a forum of contractors!?

And don't forget T&T IS an entire new Govt. department that has been stood up in short order, or did you expect all the stuff that the NHS and DHSC were doing before this has been parked?!

And we all know that for every 1 person on the £2360 a day scale, most of the work is done by and resources are grads at the lower end

Yes, I might be stating the bleeding obvious (and I have been a consultant at a big global firm that did a lot of government work) but there are a lot of other companies involved in the programme too and I still struggle to reconcile the cost of it all when you look at what is actually being delivered. I used to work at a company that had the largest IT programme in the world at the time and I'm pretty sure it managed to make do with a lot less consultants.

[mallisarealperson]

So you're highlighting the fact that a client is hiring a load of consultants on a forum of contractors!?

And don't forget T&T IS an entire new Govt. department that has been stood up in short order, or did you expect all the stuff that the NHS and DHSC were doing before this has been parked?!

And we all know that for every 1 person on the £2360 a day scale, most of the work is done by and resources are grads at the lower end

No I said I thought it was Serco. And assumed people on this forum would find the link interesting.

Also my thoughts also, regarding most at the lower end rates.

I am getting on a bit now days. but discussion forums used to be for discussions.