Contracting for Goods and Services

The request was refused by Richmond upon Thames Borough Council.

Dear Richmond upon Thames Borough 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 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, etc; Benefits payments and transfer payments.

The figures should cover (unless stated) the period 1st April 2015 to the 31st March 2016.
1. Council’s net revenue budget.
2. Total value of Goods and Services acquired by the council from third party suppliers.
3. The total value of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2016.
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 number of contract managers named on the council contract register as at 31 March 2016.
6. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2016.
7. The total value of Goods and Services spent with suppliers whose head office/business address is in the area of the council.
8. 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 2015 to the 31st March 2016. (Only details of savings from procurements conducted by the Council itself should be included unless the procurement was for a Framework agreement for the Council itself or for use by other Public Sector Bodies in which case the saving achieved can be included.)
9. The number of suppliers the spend with which adds up to 80% of the total spend with Third Parties.
10. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2016 with formalised and active contract management (Formalised contract management is viewed as regular, recorded and communicated processes for reviewing progress, issues, performance, outputs and outcomes including remedial action linked to contract terms by a responsible individual or individuals or teams that is active).
11. The total number of contracted suppliers to the council as at the 31st March 2016 with partnership arrangements (A Partnership is defined as where the council and an identified supplier develop a close and long-term relationship governed by an agreement where the two share mutual objectives and where there are shared success objectives and adopt a high level of purposeful cooperation to maintain a trading relationship over time).
12. The total number of suppliers (contracted or not) that received a payment for Goods or services.

Yours faithfully,

phil spring

FOI, Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

 

Our Ref: L/POC/e19286

 

Dear Phil Spring

Thank you for your request for information received on 28 June 2016.

Your request is being considered and the information will be provided
within the 20 working day statutory timescale, this is subject to the
information not being exempt or containing reference to any third party.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 defines a number of exemptions, if any
of these exemptions apply to the information you have requested then the
information may not be released. You will be informed if this is the case
along with details of your right to appeal.

The application of an exemption may mean that the information you have
requested may take longer to provide than the 20 working day limit. If
this is the case you will be notified in writing along with the additional
time required to consider your application.

If the information you have requested contains references to a third party
then they may have to be consulted before the information can be released.
If this is the case you will be notified in writing.

If you have any queries please contact us.

Regards

 

FOI Team

 

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Our Ref: JS/e19286

 

Dear Phil Spring,

 

Your request for information which was received on 28 June 2016 has been
considered.

 

Please find our response attached

 

I hope you are satisfied with this response.

 

If you are dissatisfied please let us know in writing, setting out your
reasons why and send to:

 

Corporate Complaints and Access to Information Manager

Community Engagement & Accountability Team

Adult and Community Services

3rd Floor Civic Centre

44 York Street

Twickenham

TW1 3BZ

E-mail: [1][Richmond upon Thames Borough Council request email]

 

 

Regards

 

Jane Shields LLB LLM

Data Protection and Information Officer

Community Engagement and Accountability Team

Adult and Community Services

[2][email address]

0208 891 7531

 

 

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