Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,

Under the FOI Act I require the following information
(1) The names of all the IT Contracting Companies that have provided IT Services and Staff for IT work and related IT Project Management and Program Management work to your organisation in the financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and up to the end of OCtober 2017 in the current fnancial year - 2017 to 18. This information is only required where the amount paid to the Contracting Company exceeds or is expected to exceed £100,000

(2)How much your organisation has paid in total to each of these companies in the financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and so far in the 2017 to 18. Include the total payment and a monthly break down. For the finacial year 2017-18 you will include an estimated total spend for the whole financial year.

(3) I require the following for each of the contracts that these companies won or were selected for
(3.1) the total number of companies that bid for or were considered for each contract and whether a direct award was made
(3.2) What process was followed to ensure that Value For Money was achieved in spending public money
(3.3) Whether any conflicts of interest were declared by any of your staff in relation to these contracts and the companies that bid for them
(3.4) Whether any payment or gifts were declared by any of your staff in relation to these contracts and the companies that bid for them
(3.4) Whether to your knowledge any of these contractors has previously worked for your organisation as a member of staff since 2012
(3.5) Whether to your knowledge any of your staff subsequently left your organisation to work for one of thse companies
(3.6) The value or original estimated value of each inital contract as well as its final value - or current value if still underway
(3.7) The initial or estimated planned time frame of each original version of contract compared to the final version.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Smith

BEIScorrespondence@beis.gov.uk on behalf of FOI Requests,

BEIS ref: FOI2017/28020

Dear Mr Smith

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 24th
November. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at
the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to deal
with.

Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and we will reply at the latest by 22nd December.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights Unit at BEIS. Please remember to quote the reference number above
in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Information Rights Unit

Information Rights Unit | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy | 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET | www.gov.uk/beis |
[email address] |

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Dear Mr Smith

Please see the attached reply from BEIS to your request - ref FOI2017/28020.

If you have any queries about this, please contact the Information Rights Unit.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,
Information Rights Unit
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
www.gov.uk/beis

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