Overix 2 Limited and Overix 3 Limited

Mr Sawyer made this Freedom of Information request to Westminster City Council

The request was successful.

From: Mr Sawyer

3 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Cllr Melvyn Caplan, (Finance & Resources) and Cllr Danny Chalkley,
(City Management) have made a joint decision to let control of two
Council run West End car parks go to private hands. In a Statement
of decision document the pair will lease out Whitcomb Street
(Leicester Square) Car Park and Chiltern Street Car Park.

Regarding this lease of Council (and therefore public) property:

What process have Westminster been through to ensure the best net
return on the lease?

What other companies were assessed along with Overix 2 Limited and
Overix 3 Limited?

Did Westminster carry out any Due Diligence checks on these
companies in order to ensure the leases will comply with
Westminster standards for the public and residents?

Were the lease offers subject to OJEC/OJEU?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Sawyer

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Westminster City Council

3 September 2009

Confirmation of Freedom Of Information Request

Thank you for your request for information.

Your request details have now been recorded and will be passed on to the
appropriate Divisional Records Officer for action.

This Freedom Of Information Request was based on the following
information:

Name: Mr Sawyer
Address: see email address
Email: [FOI #17605 email]
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Request Details: Cllr Melvyn Caplan, (Finance & Resources) and Cllr
Danny Chalkley,
(City Management) have made a joint decision to let control of two
Council run West End car parks go to private hands. In a Statement
of decision document the pair will lease out Whitcomb Street
(Leicester Square) Car Park and Chiltern Street Car Park.

Regarding this lease of Council (and therefore public) property:

What process have Westminster been through to ensure the best net
return on the lease?

What other companies were assessed along with Overix 2 Limited and
Overix 3 Limited?

Did Westminster carry out any Due Diligence checks on these
companies in order to ensure the leases will comply with
Westminster standards for the public and residents?

Were the lease offers subject to OJEC/OJEU?

FOI Reference Number: 4320
Target Completion Date: 01/10/2009

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From: MotorCycleParking
Westminster City Council

30 September 2009

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Dear Mr Tweedy,

Please find your enclosed attachment below:

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Mr Thomas left an annotation (30 September 2009)

What's this response? It's got nothing to do with this FOI? They can't even pay attention to what they send out, that's how bad they are. And we pay the wages of these people...

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From: Mr Sawyer

30 September 2009

Dear MotorCycleParking,

This has been placed in the wrong FOI, did Mr/Mrs/Ms Tweedy get the
response for this one?

Yours sincerely,

Mr Sawyer

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From: Mr Sawyer

2 October 2009

Dear MotorCycleParking,

Hi FOI Team, this FOI is now overdue, could you address it as soon
as you can please?

Yours sincerely,

Mr Sawyer

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From: MotorCycleParking
Westminster City Council

2 October 2009

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Dear Mr Sawyer,

Thank you for your email, I accept that our response is overdue and I
apologise as a result. We are attempting, at this time, to collate
information concerning your question - " What other companies were
assessed along with Overix 2 Limited and Overix 3 Limited?" I have sent a
reminder to the appropriate department, requesting an urgent response and
advising that the response is overdue. We hope to have your response
completed by close of play today. I'll update you if this is not
possible.

Yours sincerely

Motorcycle Parking Team

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From: Mr Sawyer

2 October 2009

Dear MotorCycleParking,

Thanks for your update, it's much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Sawyer

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From: MotorCycleParking
Westminster City Council

2 October 2009

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Please find attached response to your letter.

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Please do not respond to this e-mail as it may not reach the intended
recipient through the company filters, please respond to:
[email address]
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From: Mr Sawyer

27 October 2009

Dear MotorCycleParking,

You were going to assess this refusal with a public test. Can you
update us please?

Yours sincerely,

Mr Sawyer

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From: Mr Sawyer

30 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Hi guys, can I nudge you about the public test please?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Sawyer

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From: Customer Relations
Westminster City Council

4 December 2009

Dear Mr Sawyer,

Freedom of Information Request - 4320.

Concerning your outstanding question in relation to the above, I have been
informed that Managing Partners Ltd were also assessed along with Overix 2
& 3 Ltd.

I trust that the above information is to your satisfaction. I would like
to sincerely apologise for the delay in our response and for any
inconvenience caused.

Yours sincerely

Gordon Deas

Departmental Records Officer
Parking Services

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Ben Tweedy left an annotation ( 4 December 2009)

Only one company? hmmmm. In their first email they said "I am unable to provide full details on these other companies,". These companies? more than one?

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From: Mr Sawyer

8 December 2009

Dear Gordon,

Thanks very much. Can I just clarify, the only companies assessed
to lease the two car parks previously mentioned were:

1 Managing Partners Ltd.
2 Overix 2 Ltd.
3 Overix 3 Ltd.

Many thanks, sorry to drag this out but it is important.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Sawyer

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From: Customer Relations
Westminster City Council

8 December 2009

[Subject only] FW: Freedom of Information request - Overix 2 Limited and Overix 3 Limited

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From: Mr Sawyer

9 December 2009

Dear Gordon,

Many thanks :)

Yours sincerely,

Mr Sawyer

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