Consultancy Use

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Dear Ayrshire College,

Under the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I am writing to formally request the following information.

Please provide details of all consultants used by the College since 1st August 2013 until present date.

Please include:

1. Name of consultant or consultancy
2. The remit/purpose
3. Date appointed including length of contract if appropriate
4. Tendering process used
5. Decision maker
6. Total cost per consultation
7. Copies of Invoices
8. Source of funding: Whether Cost covered by college finances or funding provided by a specific body or fund.

I am seeking details on any and all consultancy payments made by Ayrshire College to any
consultants from 1st August 2013 until present date, this is to include any and all consultants of any kind be they self-employed individuals, consultant companies or any consultant services that were employed for the College through another firm or employed directly by the College.

Please provide details in a format suitable to yourselves and indicating which area in the College the consultancy provided work, total hours worked each month and the total cost including hourly rate plus any expenses payable and this is to be shown for 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016 respectively until present date.

You should indicate if the consultant was employed directly or indirectly by the College and all figures must be VAT inclusive.

Should you require further clarification of the information I require please do not hesitate to contact me. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary?

I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.

I look forward to hearing from you

Yours faithfully,

Chloe

Chloe left an annotation ()

My name is Chloe Kean, sorry this was left of the original request by mistake .

Freedom OfInformation, Ayrshire College

Dear Chloe

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request received today.

The College will respond to your request within 20 working days. Please take into consideration that the College will be closed on Friday 8 April, therefore your response will be due on Wednesday 27 April.

Yours sincerely

Ellie O’nions

Eleanor O’nions
Office Manager – Executive Assistant to the Principal
Ayrshire College
Ayr Campus

Tel: 01563 495023
Ext: 2301
Email: [email address]

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Freedom OfInformation, Ayrshire College

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Dear Chloe

Attached is Ayrshire College's response to your Freedom of Information request of 26 March 2016. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to you.

Yours sincerely

Ellie O’nions

Eleanor O’nions
Office Manager – Executive Assistant to the Principal
Ayrshire College
Ayr Campus

Tel: 01563 495023
Ext: 2301
Email: [email address]

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