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Dear Cheshire East Council,

Please supply me with the following statistics for your Council for Goods and Services procurement where 'goods' are tangible products such as pens or computers, generally known as supplies; 'works' are "the construction or demolition of buildings, both residential and non-residential, repair to the fabric of these buildings, construction of roads, bridges, tunnels, and the installation of gas, electric, and plumbing services" and 'services' are the provision of an intangible product such as care or refuse collection, whether it is carried out internally or externally. The following payments should be INCLUDED: Goods, Services, Works, Care, other non-Local Authority public bodies (e.g. NHS, HM Courts), outside Borough schools, colleges, universities. The following payments should be EXCLUDED: foster carer payments; payments to pension funds; payments to other local authorities for placement of clients or other non-commercial activities; payments to individuals for expenses, insurance settlements, council tax refunds, NNDR refunds; Benefits payments personal budgets, transfer payments and investments.

The figures should cover (unless stated) the period 1st April 2016 to the 31st March 2017.
1. Total value of Goods and Services acquired by the council from third party suppliers.
2. The total number of invoices for goods and services paid by the council during the period 1st April 2016 to the 31st March 2017 whether or not the supplier was contracted to the council or the holder of a framework contract.
3. Council’s net revenue budget.
4. Cost of procurement management (Total cost of procurement function (staff salaries, on-costs, share of central recharges, dedicated system costs, contracted third party support costs) for a given period).
5. Total value of Goods and Services acquired by the council from third party suppliers.
6. The total number of suppliers (contracted or not) that received a payment for Goods or services.
7. The total value of Goods and Services spent with suppliers who are defined as a Small and Medium Enterprise according to the DfTI definition.
8. Total population of council's area.
9. The total value of third party spend acquired by electronic orders (i.e. over the internet, it does not include procurement cards, telephone or fax orders).
10. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2017.
11. The total number of contract managers named on the council contract register as at 31 March 2017.
12. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2017 with formalised and active contract management (Formalised contract management is viewed as regular, recorded and communicated processes for reviewing progress, issues, performance, outputs and outcomes including remedial action linked to contract terms by a responsible individual or individuals or teams that is active).
13. Total Number of Contracts awarded by the Council.
14. Total number of contract awards by the council that have been challenged by an unsuccessful tenderer.
15. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2017 with ongoing improvement clauses (improved performance over the life of the contract or reduced pricing).

Yours faithfully,

phil spring

CCR FOI Investigation Team, Cheshire East Council

Date: 12 May 2017
Our Reference: 1158336
 
Dear Mr Spring
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request regarding Delivering Goods and Services.
 
Your request has been identified as falling within the scope of Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and It will be treated as a request for information
within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act: this means that we
will send you a full response within 20 working days, either supplying you
with the information which you want, or explaining to you why we cannot
supply it. 

The due date is 12 June 2017. If we need any further clarification or
there is a problem, we will be in touch. 

In the meantime if you wish to discuss this further please contact me. It
would be helpful if you could quote the reference number quoted above.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Susie Barratt
Compliance and Customer Relations Assistant
Cheshire East Council
 
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CHESHIRE EAST PROCUREMENT, Cheshire East Council

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Hi Phil,

 

Please find attached the response to your FOI dated the 12^th of May.

 

Regards,

 

Cheshire East Procurement

 

 

From: CCR FOI Investigation Team [mailto:rl[Cheshire East Council request email]]
Sent: 12 May 2017 10:54
To: CHESHIRE EAST PROCUREMENT
Subject: Information request (ref: 1158336)

 

Date: 12 May 2017
Our Reference: 1158336

 

Dear colleague

 

You have been assigned a request for information to action. The request
is:

Please supply me with the following statistics for your Council for Goods
and Services procurement where 'goods' are tangible products such as pens
or computers, generally known as supplies; 'works' are "the construction
or demolition of buildings, both residential and non-residential, repair
to the fabric of these buildings, construction of roads, bridges, tunnels,
and the installation of gas, electric, and plumbing services" and
'services' are the provision of an intangible product such as care or
refuse collection, whether it is carried out internally or externally. The
following payments should be INCLUDED: Goods, Services, Works, Care, other
non-Local Authority public bodies (e.g. NHS, HM Courts), outside Borough
schools, colleges, universities. The following payments should be
EXCLUDED: foster carer payments; payments to pension funds; payments to
other local authorities for placement of clients or other non-commercial
activities; payments to individuals for expenses, insurance settlements,
council tax refunds, NNDR refunds; Benefits payments personal budgets,
transfer payments and investments.

The figures should cover (unless stated) the period 1st April 2016 to the
31st March 2017.
1. Total value of Goods and Services acquired by the council from third
party suppliers.
2. The total number of invoices for goods and services paid by the council
during the period 1st April 2016 to the 31st March 2017 whether or not the
supplier was contracted to the council or the holder of a framework
contract.
3. Council's net revenue budget.
4. Cost of procurement management (Total cost of procurement function
(staff salaries, on-costs, share of central recharges, dedicated system
costs, contracted third party support costs) for a given period).
5. Total value of Goods and Services acquired by the council from third
party suppliers.
6. The total number of suppliers (contracted or not) that received a
payment for Goods or services.
7. The total value of Goods and Services spent with suppliers who are
defined as a Small and Medium Enterprise according to the DfTI definition.
8. Total population of council's area.
9. The total value of third party spend acquired by electronic orders
(i.e. over the internet, it does not include procurement cards, telephone
or fax orders).
10. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March
2017.
11. The total number of contract managers named on the council contract
register as at 31 March 2017.
12. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March
2017 with formalised and active contract management (Formalised contract
management is viewed as regular, recorded and communicated processes for
reviewing progress, issues, performance, outputs and outcomes including
remedial action linked to contract terms by a responsible individual or
individuals or teams that is active).
13. Total Number of Contracts awarded by the Council.
14. Total number of contract awards by the council that have been
challenged by an unsuccessful tenderer.
15. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March
2017 with ongoing improvement clauses (improved performance over the life
of the contract or reduced pricing).

 

 You need to respond by 8 June 2017.

Before beginning work on preparation of your response, please consider how
long it is likely to take to locate, extract and collate the information
requested. If it is likely to take longer than ‘the Appropriate Limit’
(i.e. 18 hours) please contact the Compliance Team. Services must take
complete responsibility for meeting the deadlines and for the accuracy of
their responses. *Please also ensure that no third party personal data
(such as email addresses) is released. If in ANY doubt please contact the
Compliance team for advice.* Also if you feel this request is for
information held by another department, return it immediately to
[1]rl[Cheshire East Council request email]

Please ensure that, before the response is provided to the requester, you
have obtained the appropriate authorization within your service for the
disclosure of the information being requested.

If you have any reservations regarding the request, or if you need to
withhold any information, please contact the Compliance Team in order to
discuss the matter further.

Where there is no question of information being withheld, please send out
your own response and copy in [2]rl[Cheshire East Council request email] .

Please include the following closing paragraphs:-

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review, under the
Freedom of Information Act you should write to the Customer Relations and
Compliance Team, Cheshire East Council, Westfields Floor 1, C/O Municipal
Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 2BJ

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

When you are in a position to respond, please reply to this email. 

Thank you for your help.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

Susie Barratt
Compliance and Customer Relations Assistant

Cheshire East Council

 

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