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Dear Caerphilly County Borough Council,

I write to submit an FOI on procurement and would be grateful if you could respond to the following:

1. What was the latest price paid per ream (500 sheets) of standard white copier paper (80 gsm or equivalent)?

2. If the answer to question 1 is not representative of a usual price paid, what is the average price paid per ream of copier paper during financial year 2016/17 and 17/18?

3. How many reams of copy paper were purchased during the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years?

4. How many times did your organisation use the National Procurement Service in the last 3 financial years?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Bleddyn ap Dafydd

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Dear Bleddyn ap Dafydd
 
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2018. We have considered your request and enclose the following
information.
 
1. What was the latest price paid per ream (500 sheets) of standard white
copier paper (80 gsm or equivalent)? 
 
There are two areas of the Authority that purchase white copier paper -
the IT and Communications Departments.
 
IT - £1.95 per ream
Communications - £1.95 per ream
 
2. If the answer to question 1 is not representative of a usual price
paid, what is the average price paid per ream of copier paper during
financial year 2016/17 and 17/18? 
 
IT - £1.80 per ream
Communications - as question 1
 
3. How many reams of copy paper were purchased during the 2016/17 and
2017/18 financial years?
 
IT
2016/17 - 17,875 reams ordered
2017/18 - 15,615 reams ordered
 
Communications
2016/17 - 4,605 reams ordered
2017/18 - 4,835 reams ordered
 
4. How many times  did your organisation use the National Procurement
Service in the last 3 financial years?
 
Once as a mini competition   
 
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