Acquiring Goods & Services

The request was refused by Manchester City Council.

Dear Manchester City Council,
Please supply me with the following statistics for your Council for Goods and Services procurement where 'goods' are tangible products such as pens or computers, generally known as supplies; 'works' are "the construction or demolition of buildings, both residential and non-residential, repair to the fabric of these buildings, construction of roads, bridges, tunnels, and the installation of gas, electric, and plumbing services" and 'services' are the provision of an intangible product such as care or refuse collection, whether it is carried out internally or externally. The following payments should be INCLUDED: Goods, Services, Works, Care, other non-Local Authority public bodies (e.g. NHS, HM Courts), outside Borough schools, colleges, universities. The following payments should be EXCLUDED: foster carer payments; payments to pension funds; payments to other local authorities for placement of clients or other non-commercial activities; payments to individuals for expenses, insurance settlements, council tax refunds, NNDR refunds; Benefits payments personal budgets, transfer payments and investments.

The figures should cover (unless stated) the period 1st April 2016 to the 31st March 2017.
1. Council’s net revenue budget.
2. Total value of Goods and Services acquired by the council from third party suppliers.
3. The total number of invoices for goods and services paid by the council during the period 1st April 2016 to the 31st March 2017 whether or not the supplier was contracted to the council or the holder of a framework contract.
4. Cost of procurement management (Total cost of procurement function (staff salaries, on-costs, share of central recharges, dedicated system costs, contracted third party support costs) for a given period).
5. The total value of Goods and Services spent with suppliers whose head office/business address is in the area of the council.
6. The total number of suppliers (contracted or not) that received a payment for Goods or services.
7. Total value of goods and services acquired from third party suppliers by the council that were acquired under the terms of a contract whether arranged by the Council independently or by a collaboration with another Council or through participation in a Contract provided through a Framework.
8. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2017.
9. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2017 with ongoing improvement clauses (improved performance over the life of the contract or reduced pricing).
10. The total number of contract managers named on the council contract register as at 31 March 2017.
11. Total Number of Contracts awarded by the Council.
12. The total number of contracts that reached their termination date and were renewed by extension without retendering.
13. The % saving (comparing the new contracted price to the old contracted price) in the top 5 valued (Total anticipated spend over the life of the contract) contracted procurements undertaken by the council awarded during the period 1st April 2016 to the 31st March 2017.

Yours faithfully,

phil spring

Manchester City Council

Dear Mr Spring

Re: Request for Information - Reference No: TRE/AMHDB8

Thank you for your request for information received by Manchester City
Council on 19th May 2017.

Please note that it may take up to 20 working days (19th June 2017) for the
Council to consider your request and to provide a formal response.

If this timescale needs to be extended to consider an exemption you will be
notified and kept informed.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Cath Cryer
Democratic Services
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA

Email: [Manchester City Council request email]
Website: www.manchester.gov.uk

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Karen Lock, Manchester City Council

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Dear Mr Spring
Please find attached response to your FOI request.
Regards
K Lock
Procurement Specialist
Room 407
Town Hall
Manchester
Tel No:  0161 234 3411

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