15 January 2010 
 
 
File ref: T/3/7/163 
 
James Watson 
request-24583-
[email address] 
 
Dear Mr Watson 
 
Thank you for your email of 12 December 2009 requesting information about 
the cost of due diligence for the procurement of the University’s student 
information system in the last seven years.   
 
I am writing to let you know that the University of Edinburgh does not hold the 
information you request.  Although the University procured a student records 
system in November 2006, a separate due diligence process was not carried 
out during procurement, as various checks such as the viability of bidders, are 
always carried out as standard procedure during the tendering process.  
Therefore unfortunately we are unable to help you on this occasion. 
 
If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may ask the University to 
conduct a review of this decision.  To do this, please contact the University in 
writing (including by fax, letter or email) or in some other recorded form (e.g. 
audio or video tape), describe the original request, explain your grounds for 
dissatisfaction, and include an address for correspondence.  You have 40 
working days from receipt of this letter to submit a review request.  When the 
review process has been completed, if you are still dissatisfied, you may ask 
the Scottish Information Commissioner to intervene.   
 
Thank you for your request.  I wish you well in the search for the information. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Susan Graham 
University Records Manager  
 
 

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