Contract & Pricing

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Dear Transport for London,

thank you for the information at:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...

please provide a copy of the contract with Kier Highways Ltd. I have seen that highways England have done so.

are the rates Kier Highways Ltd charging TFL for repairs to highways England the same as the rates Kier Highways Ltd charge third parties such as drivers who hit barriers or lamps etc.? if not, why not - please provide all information you hold about this?

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Joseph

FOI, Transport for London

Dear Ms Joseph,

 

Our ref:  FOI-1268-1617

 

Thank you for your email received on 28 September 2016 asking for
information about Kier Highways Ltd.

 

Your request will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.

 

A response will be provided to you by 26 October 2016. We publish a
substantial range of information on our website on subjects including
operational performance, contracts, expenditure, journey data, governance
and our financial performance. This includes data which is frequently
asked for in FOI requests or other public queries. Please check
[1]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transpar... to see if this helps you.

 

In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please
do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Melissa Nichols

 

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

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Dear FOI,

please can you tell me whaen i will be supplied the information you siad the 26th October

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Joseph

FOI, Transport for London

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Dear Ms Joseph,

 

Our ref: FOI-1268-1617

 

Thank you for your email of 28 September 2016 asking for information about
a contract with Kier Highways. Apologies for the delay in replying to you.

 

Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that
we do hold some of the information you require.

 

Please find attached the contract you requested.

 

In regards to rate comparison, we are not obliged to provide you with the
cost of these services as it is subject to a statutory exemption to the
right of access to information under section 43(2). In this instance the
section 43(2) exemption has been applied as disclosure would, or would be
likely to prejudice our commercial interests, as well as those of Kier
Highways. There are other companies who provide similar services and
disclosure of the price we currently pay could hinder the ability of Kier
Highways to competitively tender for similar contracts in the future as
well as hinder our ability to negotiate the best value for money for
similar services in the future.

 

The use of this exemption is subject to an assessment of the public
interest in relation to the disclosure of the information concerned. We
recognise the need for openness and transparency by public authorities,
particularly where the expenditure of public money is concerned, but in
this instance the public interest in ensuring that we are able to obtain
the best value for public money outweighs the general public interest in
increasing transparency of our processes.

 

Please note in accordance with TfL’s obligations under the Data Protection
Act 1998 (DPA) some personal data has been removed from the
correspondence, as required by section 40(2) of the FOI Act. This is
because disclosure of this personal data would be a breach of the DPA,
specifically the first principle of the DPA which requires all processing
of personal data to be fair and lawful.

 

Furthermore, we do not have access to Highways England rates as they are a
separate contracting Authority.

 

If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate
to contact me.

 

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to
appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would
like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Melissa Nichols

 

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

 

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Mike Davies left an annotation ()

They have not asnwered your question about dual pricing but see:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...