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Professional Services Procurement Spend

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Dear Richmondshire District Council,

I am writing to ask that you please provide me with the spend for your Professional Services procurement at the Authority, by which I mean the procurement of projects and consultancy through Statement of Work excluding temporary agency staff.

• What have you spent on Professional Services over the last 12 months?
• What did the authority spend on professional Services Between April 2019 and March 2020?
• Between April 2019 and March 2020, which categories had the highest level of spend throughout that period?
• Has the authority planned any large construction-based projects over the next two years?
• If you have got construction projects planned, please could you provide project details, budget and timeframes?
• What is the Councils current process to engage with professional service providers? Please could you provide details of the process and name third parties if they are being used.

Yours faithfully,

Fiona Smith

Richmondshire District Council

Dear Sir/Madam

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Richmondshire District Council

Dear Sir/Madam

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information request 198535

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is below.

Information disclosed:

Request:

1. please provide me with the spend for your Professional Services
procurement at the Authority, by which I mean the procurement of projects
and consultancy through Statement of Work excluding temporary agency
staff.

2. What have you spent on Professional Services over the last 12 months?

3. What did the authority spend on professional Services Between April
2019 and March 2020?

4. Between April 2019 and March 2020, which categories had the highest
level of spend throughout that period?

5. Has the authority planned any large construction-based projects over
the next two years?

6. If you have got construction projects planned, please could you provide
project details, budget and timeframes?

7. What is the Councils current process to engage with professional
service providers? Please could you provide details of the process and
name third parties if they are being used.

Response:

1. please provide me with the spend for your Professional Services
procurement at the Authority, by which I mean the procurement of projects
and consultancy through Statement of Work excluding temporary agency
staff.
April 2019 - March 2020 £196,226

2. What have you spent on Professional Services over the last 12 months?
April 2020 - March 2021 £258,039

3. What did the authority spend on professional Services Between April
2019 and March 2020?
April 2019 - March 2020 £196,226

4. Between April 2019 and March 2020, which categories had the highest
level of spend throughout that period?
See answers to Q1-3

5. Has the authority planned any large construction-based projects over
the next two years?
Our capital plan is available here:
https://democracy.richmondshire.gov.uk/i...

6. If you have got construction projects planned, please could you provide
project details, budget and timeframes?
See answer to 6 about

7. What is the Councils current process to engage with professional
service providers? Please could you provide details of the process and
name third parties if they are being used.
see our website here:
https://www.richmondshire.gov.uk/council...

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Yours sincerely

Senior Information Manager

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