Freedom of
Information
Decision Notice
SUMMARY
APPLICANT
Ms Alexandra Schulten
REF NUMBER
FOI-85-20
SCOPE
1. to indicate whether either the university’s cleaning and security
services are contracted out or delivered in house;
2. if either or both services are contracted out, to provide the
following details;
-
contract name;
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contract start date;
-
contract end date;
-
if there is the potential to extend the contract beyond the
end date, by how many years;
-
annual contact value;
-
name of the current contractor; and
-
the contact details of the person responsible for procuring
the services.
DECISION MAKER Liam Jackson
DECISION DATE
5 May 2020
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Decision
I, Liam Jackson, Information Governance Assistant, dealt with your request for information
received by the University of Wolverhampton (University) in accordance with the
Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the FOI Act).
I can confirm, the requested information is held by the University of Wolverhampton in part as
some of the requested information does not exist.
I have decided to disclose the requested information that the University holds in full.
Please refer to the subsequent pages of this Decision Notice for further clarification
on my decision.
Liam Jackson
Information Governance Assistant
5 May 2020
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Background & Scope of Application
On 4 May 2020, the University of Wolverhampton received Ms Schulten’s, Freedom of
Information (FOI) application, requesting the following:
1. to indicate whether either the university’s cleaning and security services are contracted
out or delivered in house;
2. if either or both services are contracted out, to provide the following details;
-
contract name;
-
contract start date;
-
contract end date;
-
if there is the potential to extend the contract beyond the end date, by how many
years;
-
annual contact value;
-
name of the current contractor; and
-
the contact details of the person responsible for procuring the services.
On 4 May 2020, in accordance with Section 8(1)(b) of the FOI Act, I requested that you provide
your name in order to accept your application as valid.
On 4 May 2020, you provided your name and your application was accepted as valid.
Search for Documents
Based on the original scope of this request, I conducted a search of the University of
Wolverhampton records to determine whether the requested information can be provided to
Ms Schulten, in response to the original application, dated 4 May 2020.
The following searches were undertaken:
•
Consultation with the University of Wolverhampton’s Estates and Facilities Directorate.
Decision
In accordance with Section 1(1)(a) of the FOI Act, I can confirm that the University does hold
the requested information in part as some of the requested information does not exist and I
have decided to disclose the requested information that the University holds in full.
Information pertaining to point 2 of your request cannot be disclosed as it does not exist. The
reason for this information relates to the response provided for point 1. This decision has been
made after all reasonable steps have been taken to locate the referenced requested information.
Whilst I acknowledge that it is the principle object of the Act to provide public access to
documents, I am satisfied that the referenced requested information does not exist.
Please find the requested information contained within Schedule 1 of this Decision Notice.
Right of Review
If you are dissatisfied with our response please contact us with the details of your dispute via
email
at xxx@xxx.xx.xx and we will conduct an internal review of our response.
If you are still dissatisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right of
complaint to the Information Commissioner at the following address
: https://ico.org.uk/
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Schedule 1 Point 1
The University’s cleaning and security services are delivered in house.
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Document Outline