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Our ref: FOI/2223/SG11978
18 July 2022
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Dear Lee Fairhurst,
Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: FOI/2223/SG11978
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
received on 22 June 2022 regarding hard and soft facilities management. Please find below
our response to your request:
REQUEST: Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide the following
information:
1. Are any of your sites part of a PFI arrangement? If so, which site and what is the name
of the special purpose company (ProjectCo) for the PFI?
2. For all of your sites (both PFI/Non-PFI), please can you outline who provides/delivers
Hard Facilities Management services?
3. For all of your sites (both PFI/Non-PFI), please can you outline who provides/delivers
the Soft Facilities Management services (if delivered in-house please state this):
a. Cleaning and Domestic Services
b. Patient Catering
c. Retail and staff & Visitor Catering Services
d. Portering and Logistics
e. Non-Emergency Patient Transport
f. FM Helpdesk
g. Hospital Switchboard
h. Security/manned guarding
i. Car Park Management
Trust Headquarters: Bridge Park Plaza, Bridge Park Road, Thurmaston, Leicester. LE4 8PQ
Chair: Cathy Ellis Chief Executive: Angela Hillery
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j. Linen & Laundry Services
k. Waste Management – off-site disposal
4. If these services (both Hard and Soft Facilities Management) are outsourced, please
can you outline when these contracts were awarded, for how long, the contract value and
when they are due to expire?
OUR RESPONSE:
1. One site, The Agnes Unit - Arden Partnership.
2. Freehold sites. The University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) provide both hard
& soft FM services. Contact details about how to make an FOI request to them
can be found at: https://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/freedom-of-
information/
3. As above, for all services listed.
4. FM management services are due to be transferred back in house before the
end of 2022.
I trust this response is helpful to you. However, if you are dissatisfied with the handling of
your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Requests for an internal review
should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
request and should be addressed to:
Hannah Plowright, Deputy Data Protection Officer, Unit
2, Bridge Park Plaza, Thurmaston, Leicester LE4 8BL
If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have a right of appeal to the
Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Phone: 0303 123 1113. Website:
www.ico.gov.uk . There is no charge for making an appeal.
If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember
to quote the reference number above in any communications.
Yours sincerely,
Data Privacy Team
Trust Headquarters: Bridge Park Plaza, Bridge Park Road, Thurmaston, Leicester. LE4 8PQ
Chair: Cathy Ellis Chief Executive: Angela Hillery
We are a smoke-free Trust.
NHS organisations now use 100 per cent recycled paper as part of our sustainability commitment
View our privacy notice at www.leicspart.nhs.uk/_Aboutus-Whatwedowithyourinformationprivacynotice.aspx