Total Place Tribal Consulting contract

Reference: F0003360

Dear Julian Todd

Thank you for your request of 22 September seeking information about the
'Contract and project budget details in relation to their commissioning in
the Total Place Initiative'. Your request was received by Communities and
Local Government on 22 September.

Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and you may expect
to receive a reply by 20 October. In some circumstances a fee may be
chargeable and if that is the case, I will let you know the likely charges
before proceeding.

If you have any queries regarding this letter, please contact me. Remember
to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

I am enclosing with this email a copy of our Access to Information leaflet
which explains how the Department handles formal requests for
information. I hope you will find it useful.

<<access-to-information.pdf>>
Yours sincerely

Jonathan Rhind
Spatial Analysis Unit,
Regeneration and Economic Development Analysis (REDA),
Analytical Services, Communities and Local Government

Area 8/F6, Eland House
Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU
Telephone: 020 7944 2956
Email: [email address]

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Reference: F0003360

Dear Julian Todd

Thank you for your request of 22 September seeking information about the
'Contract and project budget details in relation to their commissioning in
the Total Place Initiative'. Your request was received by Communities and
Local Government on 22 September.

Due to the contracts being supplied under Commercial Confidentiality I am
unable to provide them in full to you. Instead, in the public interest, I
have set out below the contractual set-up and budget allocation.

Tribal have been commissioned to support the local work of the pilots in
the counting public expenditure, deep dive into specific service themes,
and customer insight work. Two separate contracts, `Spend Counting and
Deep Dive' and `Customer Insight', were established through open
competition.

The remit of the `Spend Counting and Deep Dive' project is to build on the
work of the pilots by identifying common issues and what bearing central
government budgeting has on these, to illustrate the complexity of
spending arrangements through spend pathway maps and to produce an
evaluative report on Total Place. It will cost £218k (excluding VAT).
This contract does not include development of the deep dives. This is a
local responsibility of the pilots who select the service themes, consider
the exiting situation and then develop the initial proposals. These
initial proposals will be refined in collaboration with relevant central
government departments. The Local Government Association Leadership Centre
provides support to this process.

The remit of the `Customer Insight' project is to assess the use of
customer insight information by Total Place pilots; what insight
information is available, how it is used and does it influence service
delivery. It will cost £60k (excluding VAT).

If you have any queries regarding this letter, please contact me. Remember
to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Jonathan Rhind
Spatial Analysis Unit,
Regeneration and Economic Development Analysis (REDA),
Analytical Services, Communities and Local Government

Area 8/F6, Eland House
Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU
Telephone: 0303 44 42255
Email: [email address]

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Mr Todd

REQUEST FOR INTERNAL REVIEW

Thank you for your email of 16th October 2009 which was received 19th
October 2009, in which you seek a review of the response provided to you
by Communities and Local Government to your request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act.

The review will be considered Aunder the Department's internal review
procedures. A full re-evaluation of your request will be undertaken.

I have allocate this request to an Internal Review Officer and you should
receive a reply by 16th November 2009.

Freedom Of Information Advice Team
Zone 6
D Floor
Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North
St Leonard-On-Sea
East Sussex
TN37 7GA

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FAO Julian Todd
Dear Mr Todd
I would like to update you on the progress made on your request for
an
Internal Review of the above request made under the FOI Act. I have
examined the papers concerned and in view of the issues raised I have
applied for and been granted a time extension (as this case has been
deemed to be complex) the extension is for a further 20 working days until
15 December. However, I fully expect to complete the review by 27
November 2009.

Yours sincerely
Bernard Wilson
Deputy Director
Legal, Housing and Land

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Psa letter and attachments

<<091211 Tribal FOI reponse.doc>> <<Form of Tender1 v0 1 16 July
2009.pdf>> <<090804 Research Contract ANS020355.pdf>> <<Terms and
Conditions (2).doc>> <<specification_v6.doc>>

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