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Our ref: DE00000436020

2 September 2009

Dear Professor Gore,

Thank you for your email of 4 August to the Department of Health requesting, under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, details about tendering opportunities and the regulations which govern them. Your request has been passed to me for reply.

As you have requested an Internal Review on the FOI requests which the Department has handled thus far, we intend to respond to your further question at the same time in one amalgamated response. I hope that this is satisfactory. You will receive a full response to your Internal Review in due course.

Yours sincerely,

Aimee Gasston

FOI Officer

Department of Health