Professional Services Procurement Spend

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Dear Welwyn Hatfield Borough 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,

Jane French

freedom, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

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Dear Jane French

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Jasmine McCabe, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

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Dear Jane,

 

Freedom of Information Request (ref: 7359)

 

I am now writing in response to your request for information to Welwyn
Hatfield Borough Council (WHBC) dated 29^th November 2020

 

You asked questions relating to Professional Services Procurement Spend.
Please see our answers below in red.

 

•            What have you spent on Professional Services over the last 12
months? We only have spent to March 2020 available

 

•            What did the authority spend on professional Services Between
April 2019 and March 2020? - £2,880,000

 

•            Between April 2019 and March 2020, which categories had the
highest level of spend throughout that period? Project Management Services

 

•            Has the authority planned any large construction-based
projects over the next two years? Yes

 

•            If you have got construction projects planned, please could
you provide project details, budget and timeframes? Redevelopment of
Welwyn Garden City Town Centre, Budget – approximately £60 million, out to
tender

 

•            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. We advertise
through Supply Hertfordshire

 

 

 

I hope this response is helpful, and satisfies your request, but if you
have any queries or concerns then please contact me at
[1][Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council request email]

 

I attach a copy of the Freedom of Information complaint procedure.

 

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 700

[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

 

 

Regards,

Jasmine McCabe

Information and Governance Apprentice

 

 

 

 

 

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