Dear Sir,

Thank you for your information request. Before we can process your request further please provide the full name you normally use, in accordance with section 8(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act. If we do not hear from you within three months we will assume you no longer require the information and your request will be closed.

Thank you.

Alison Smith | Information Rights Manager
Intellectual Property Office | Concept House | Cardiff Road | Newport | South Wales | NP10 8QQ
Tel: +44 (0)1633 814587 | Email: [Intellectual Property Office request email]

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Dear Mr Shetty,

I am replying to your request for information about the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) Delivery of Common Technology Components (CTC) - Phase 3 procurement, specifically the Stage1 and Stage 2 proposal documents from all suppliers.

This information is exempt under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act and is therefore being withheld. Section 43(2) exempts information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any legal person(s), in this instance the suppliers who submitted proposal documents.

Disclosure of such information could have the effect of deterring suppliers from engaging with public bodies on future occasions and comparison of suppliers’ proposals would be likely to prejudice the future commercial interests of some of those suppliers.

The exemption under section 43(2) is ‘qualified’, which means that the IPO must consider whether the public interest is best served by disclosing or refusing the requested information. The IPO takes the view that there is an overriding public interest in protecting the commercial interests of individual companies and ensuring they are able to compete fairly. If the commercially sensitive information of the players in the market were revealed then their competitive positions would be eroded and the whole market would be less competitive, with the result that the public benefit of having an efficient competitive market would be to some extent eroded.

Having considered the public interest, the IPO’s decision is therefore to withhold the information. Your suggestion that we redact all 'sensitive' material is not considered to be practical in this instance as such an attempt would leave no significant information.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months and should be sent to [Intellectual Property Office request email] .

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Alison Smith | Information Rights Manager
Intellectual Property Office | Concept House | Cardiff Road | Newport | South Wales | NP10 8QQ
Tel: +44 (0)1633 814587 | Email: [Intellectual Property Office request email]

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Dear Mr Shetty,

Thank you for your request for review. We hope to complete it within twenty working days.

Regards,

Alison Smith | Information Rights Manager
Intellectual Property Office | Concept House | Cardiff Road | Newport | South Wales | NP10 8QQ
Tel: +44 (0)1633 814587 | Email: [Intellectual Property Office request email]

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Dear Mr Shetty,

I regret that it may not be possible to complete the review of our refusal of your FOI request within the expected timeframe. We hope now to complete it within 40 working days in total, i.e. by 7 January 2022.

Regards,

Alison Smith | Information Rights Manager
Intellectual Property Office | Concept House | Cardiff Road | Newport | South Wales | NP10 8QQ
Tel: +44 (0)1633 814587 | Email: [Intellectual Property Office request email]

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Good afternoon Mr Shetty,

Please find attached my response to your request for a review of our
original reply for you Freedom of Information request

Thank you

Jonathan Rogers : MBCS: GDPR P| C DPO |Data Protection Manager

Intellectual Property Office | Concept House | Cardiff Road | Newport |
South Wales | NP10 8QQ

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