Dear Mr Greenall

Thank you for your recent request for information, which will be treated
as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

Your enquiry has been given a reference number 20180302-00101-1. Please
quote this reference in any future correspondence with us concerning this
matter.

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under EIR (see [1]here for more details) then a charge may be applicable
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Kind regards,
St. Helens Council
01744 676789

------------------------ Original Email -------------- Received On:
02/03/2018 09:39:54 GMT
Subject:Freedom of Information request - A580/Haydock Lane junction grant
application.

Dear St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, Dear St Helens Metropolitan
Borough Council, Under Freedom of Information Act could you pleases supply
the following information. The modifications to the junction of the A580
and Haydock Lane is being funded by a grant from Liverpool City Region.
The contract to undertake this work has now been given out to the
successful bidder. Therefore could you now supply me with a copy of the
grant application document that was presented by St Helens Council to LCR
when applying for the grant. Yours faithfully, Barry Greenall
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Dear Mr Greenall,

Please find attached the submission documents for the STEP funding of the
A580/Haydock Lane.

I have provided these in PDF format due to size and for Annex 4 and 6 as
they contain excel documents with commercially sensitive formulas within
so only the outputs are shared.  

Not included but part of the submission was

Annex 2 - This is a location plan provided in a Mapinfo format for the
Liverpool City Region Requirements, the information is a duplication of
the information also contained in Annex 1 attached

Annex 3 - Is a Bill of Quantities for the construction of the junction to
be adopted, as the rates within this document are also being used for the
costing of elements of the Florida Farm North proposed development (e.g
internal roads not adopted by the Council) we can not release it due to
commercial sensitivity as would prevent a competitive process for this
work for the private developer.    The rates were checked against Council
rates and are considered consistent.  The work was tendered under the
CHEST procurement to meet the funding requirements to ensure value for
money for the public sector.

Regards

Mark Osborne BSc (Hons) MSc CMILT MTPS TPP
Principal Transport Officer (Policy)
St. Helens Council

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Dear Mr Greenall

Thank you for your recent request for information, which will be treated
as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

Your enquiry has been given a reference number 20180410-00026-1. Please
quote this reference in any future correspondence with us concerning this
matter.

If the information you are requesting falls under EIR (see [1]here for
more details) then a charge may be applicable in line with [2]guidance
from the Information Commissioner's Office. Once your request has been
reviewed you will be informed of an appropriate charge that may be
applied.

In accordance with the Act, a response will be sent to you within 20
working days from the date following the receipt of the request or receipt
of an applicable payment.

Kind regards,
St. Helens Council
01744 676789

------------------------ Original Email -------------- Received On:
08/04/2018 21:32:40 GDT
Subject:Re: St.Helens Council Freedom Of Information Request ref:
20180302-00101-1

Dear St.Helens Council, Thankyou for your reply, To save making a further
FOI could you also please supply the following information with respect to
the junction. 1. Who produced the detailed design specification for the
project. 2. Who produced the tendering document and the date that it was
produced. 3. Please supply a copy of the tender document that was given
out to contractors who were selected to bid for the project. 4. How many
contractors submitted a bid for the contract. 5. The figure submitted of
the winning bid for the contract. 6. The date that the grant application
for the junction was submitted. Yours sincerely, Barry Greenall
-----Original Message----- Dear Mr Greenall, Please find attached the
submission documents for the STEP funding of the A580/Haydock Lane. I have
provided these in PDF format due to size and for Annex 4 and 6 as they
contain excel documents with commercially sensitive formulas within so
only the outputs are shared. Not included but part of the submission was
Annex 2 - This is a location plan provided in a Mapinfo format for the
Liverpool City Region Requirements, the information is a duplication of
the information also contained in Annex 1 attached Annex 3 - Is a Bill of
Quantities for the construction of the junction to be adopted, as the
rates within this document are also being used for the costing of elements
of the Florida Farm North proposed development (e.g internal roads not
adopted by the Council) we can not release it due to commercial
sensitivity as would prevent a competitive process for this work for the
private developer.B B The rates were checked against Council rates and are
considered consistent.B The work was tendered under the CHEST procurement
to meet the funding requirements to ensure value for money for the public
sector. Regards Mark Osborne BSc (Hons) MSc CMILT MTPS TPP Principal
Transport Officer (Policy) St. Helens Council
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Dear Mr Greenall

Further to your FOI request please see below responses to your questions.

1. Who produced the detailed design specification for the project.

?

Design was undertaken by Bericotes appointed Transport Consultants to an
adoptable design standard to St Helens Council specifications. Bercoites
has entered into a section 278 contract with the Council before
construction on the public highway.?

2. Who produced the tendering document and the date that it was produced.
?

The tender document for construction was produced by Berciotes appointed
transport consultants. Costs were compared against Council Framework rates
and are considered to be financially consistent to its own contractors
rates.?

3. Please supply a copy of the tender document that was given out to
contractors who were selected to bid for the project.?

As per my response to your FOI 20180302-00101-1 this is commercially
sensitive and can not be released?

4. How many contractors submitted a bid for the contract. ?

St Helens Council placed the tender on behalf of the developer on the
CHEST Framework. 46 contractors reviewed the documents of which 7 number
submitted a bid. I&H Brown were successful.?

5. The figure submitted of the winning bid for the contract. ?

As per my response to your FOI 20180302-00101-1 this is commercially
sensitive and can not be released?

6. The date that the grant application for the junction was submitted. ?

The scheme submission was made on the 4th May 2016. This went into a pool
of schemes from across the Liverpool City Region (LCR) for appraisal and
was included in a combined LCR submission in December 2016 to the LCR
Combined Authority where it was approved and allocated funding.?

Regards

Mark Osborne BSc (Hons) MSc CMILT MTPS TPP?

Principal Transport Officer (Policy)
St. Helens Council

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Dear Mr Greenall

Thank you for your recent request for information, which will be treated
as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

Your enquiry has been given a reference number 20180428-00022-1. Please
quote this reference in any future correspondence with us concerning this
matter.

If the information you are requesting falls under EIR (see [1]here for
more details) then a charge may be applicable in line with [2]guidance
from the Information Commissioner's Office. Once your request has been
reviewed you will be informed of an appropriate charge that may be
applied.

In accordance with the Act, a response will be sent to you within 20
working days from the date following the receipt of the request or receipt
of an applicable payment.

Kind regards,
St. Helens Council
01744 676789

------------------------ Original Email -------------- Received On:
27/04/2018 18:45:20 GDT
Subject:Re: St.Helens Council Freedom Of Information Request ref:
20180410-00026-1

Dear St.Helens Council, Thankyou for your reply, I am quite confused as to
why you state that two of my requests can not be given due to commercial
sensitivity since the bid document has been issued to 46 contractors and
that the contract has now been given out and commenced several weeks ago.
Also the FOI act does not state that you can withhold information from me
due to 'claimed' commercial sensitivity by a private developer undertaking
future development which is completely separate from the junction
concerned and is of no concern to St Helens Council. I am just requesting
to know exactly what the grant for the junction included in detail,
therefore I again request a full copy of the bid document if that is the
only way that I can obtain the information that I am requesting. I also
see no reason why you cannot tell me how much the junction improvement is
actually costing since the contract has now been given out so I request
that again. Also therefore can you tell me how the figure in the grant
application was arrived at and who obtained it. Yours sincerely, Barry
Greenall -----Original Message----- Dear Mr Greenall Further to your FOI
request please see below responses to your questions. 1. Who produced the
detailed design specification for the project. ? Design was undertaken by
Bericotes appointed Transport Consultants to an adoptable design standard
to St Helens Council specifications. Bercoites has entered into a section
278 contract with the Council before construction on the public highway.?
2. Who produced the tendering document and the date that it was produced.
? The tender document for construction was produced by Berciotes appointed
transport consultants. Costs were compared against Council Framework rates
and are considered to be financially consistent to its own contractors
rates.? 3. Please supply a copy of the tender document that was given out
to contractors who were selected to bid for the project.? As per my
response to your FOI 20180302-00101-1 this is commercially sensitive and
can not be released? 4. How many contractors submitted a bid for the
contract. ? St Helens Council placed the tender on behalf of the developer
on the CHEST Framework. 46 contractors reviewed the documents of which 7
number submitted a bid. I&H Brown were successful.? 5. The figure
submitted of the winning bid for the contract. ? As per my response to
your FOI 20180302-00101-1 this is commercially sensitive and can not be
released? 6. The date that the grant application for the junction was
submitted. ? The scheme submission was made on the 4th May 2016. This went
into a pool of schemes from across the Liverpool City Region (LCR) for
appraisal and was included in a combined LCR submission in December 2016
to the LCR Combined Authority where it was approved and allocated
funding.? Regards Mark Osborne BSc (Hons) MSc CMILT MTPS TPP? Principal
Transport Officer (Policy) St. Helens Council
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Dear Mr Greenall

Your reques dated 27/04/2018 will be treated as an Internal Review as per
ICO guidance.

You will receive a response within the next 20 working days for Freedom of
Information requests or 40 working days if the information falls under the
Environmental Information Regulations.

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Regards?

Andy Paton
Senior Information Management Officer

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Hi Mr Greenall

Please find attached my response to your request for an Internal Review of
request 20180410-00026-1.

Regards

Andy Paton

Senior Information Management Officer

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