Details of Cleaning Service Tender.

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Dear FOI Team,

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.

Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Cleaning Services to Medway Campus.:
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:...

The details we require are:
• Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
• Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date
• Start date & duration of framework/contract?
• Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?
• Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?
• Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?
• Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

Thank you for your help.

Yours sincerely

Foi, University of Kent

Dear Rebecca,

Thank you for your information request. We will have a response within 20 days.

Kind regards

FOI team
Assurance and Data Protection, Directorate of Governance & Assurance
University of Kent, The Registry, Canterbury CT2 7NZ
[University of Kent request email]| www.kent.ac.uk/infocompliance/

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Foi, University of Kent

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Dear Ms Forster,

Thank you for your information request, received on 09/09/2021. Please
find our response as follows:

 

Dear FOI Team,

 

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of
Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.

 

Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Cleaning Services to Medway
Campus.:

 

[1]http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:...

 

The details we require are:

 

• Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were
successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
Crystal 

Town and Country          

Cannon / OCS   

Grade One         

Norse   

Kent Gurkha      

Ridge Crest        

YBC

 

• Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the
start of the contract to the current date
This information is withheld under Section 43(2) (Commercial interests) of
the Freedom of Information Act. This is because commission was negotiated
as part of the contract and disclosing this information would be likely to
prejudice the University’s commercial interests when this contract next
goes to tender.

 

The Section 43 exemptions are qualified exemptions, subject to the public
interest test.

 

There is a public interest in how the University spends public money. 
Balanced against this is the commercial detriment caused by disclosing
pricing information that would prejudice or harm the commercial interests
of the University in subsequent negotiations with third parties, for
example when this contract next goes out to tender. It is in the public
interest that the University achieves competitive quotes from third
parties to ensure we spend public funds wisely.

 

The result of the public interest test is to withhold this information.

 

 

• Start date & duration of framework/contract?
Commenced 12 April 2017 and still running

 

• Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification
given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?
Please see attached

 

• Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so,
the duration of the extension?
Yes – up to July 2022

 

• Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are
being either extended or renewed?
No

 

• Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this
contract?

Director of Estates and Commercial Services

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request an internal review within 40 days of the date of
this email by writing to: FOI team, Directorate of Governance & Assurance,
The Registry, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ or via email to:
[2][University of Kent request email]

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113 Website: [3]www.ico.org.uk.

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Jody Malley | FOI team

Assurance and Data Protection, Directorate of Governance & Assurance

University of Kent, The Registry, Canterbury CT2 7NZ

 

[4][University of Kent request email] | [5]www.kent.ac.uk/infocompliance/

 

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