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Dear Birkbeck, University of London,

I would like to request further information about the University’s hard services maintenance, catering, cleaning and security services.

Please can the University indicate whether each of their hard services, cleaning, catering, and security services are contracted out, or delivered in-house. If any of your hard services maintenance, cleaning, catering, and security services are contracted out, please provide the following details for each outsourced contract (in excel format):
• Contract name
• Contract start date
• Contract end date
• If there is the potential to extend the contract beyond the end date, and if so, by how many years
• Annual contract value
• Name of the current contractor
• The contact details of the person responsible for procuring the services

Yours faithfully,

S Beer

Freedom of Information, Birkbeck, University of London

Dear Steve Beer,

This is to confirm receipt of your Freedom of Information enquiry. 

We will respond to your request for information by the due date of 8th August 2019.

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information
Birkbeck, University of London

www.bbk.ac.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: steve beer [mailto:[FOI #588874 email]]
Sent: 11 July 2019 13:58
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Facilities Services

Dear Birkbeck, University of London,

I would like to request further information about the University’s hard services maintenance, catering, cleaning and security services.

Please can the University indicate whether each of their hard services, cleaning, catering, and security services are contracted out, or delivered in-house. If any of your hard services maintenance, cleaning, catering, and security services are contracted out, please provide the following details for each outsourced contract (in excel format):
• Contract name
• Contract start date
• Contract end date
• If there is the potential to extend the contract beyond the end date, and if so, by how many years
• Annual contract value
• Name of the current contractor
• The contact details of the person responsible for procuring the services

Yours faithfully,

S Beer

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Freedom of Information, Birkbeck, University of London

 

Dear Steve Beer,

 

This is a response to your recent Freedom of Information (FOIA) request. I
have disclosed data relevant to your request below:

 

Service Supplier Contract Start Contract End Date
Date
Cleaning Noonan 01/08/17  31.07.2020 + 2
Year
 
Catering Sodexo 01/08/2017 31/07/2022 + 2
Year Option
Security CIS Security Ltd 01/02/2017* 31/01/2020* + 2
Year Option
 
 
 
      *Approximate
*Approximate
PPM, Emergency Artic Building 01/02/2017 31/01/2020
Call-out and Remedial Services Ltd
Works for Heating,
Ventilation and Air
Conditioning (HVAC)
Lifts Titan Elevation Interim Contract Interim Contract
Asbestos Management Tetra Consulting Rolling Contract Rolling Contract
Water Management IWS Rolling Contract Rolling Contract
Building Management Trend Advance 6 Month Contract TBC
System (BMS)

 

As you may be aware, information requested under FOIA is published to the
world at large unless an exemption applies. Section 43(2) FOIA exempts
information if the publication of the information would, or would be
likely, to prejudice the commercial interests of an organisation(s). As
part of your request are regarding contracts or the contractual agreement
between Birkbeck and a private service, section 43(2) is engaged.

 

As s.43 is a qualified exemption, a public interest test should be
conducted to decide whether the exemption should be maintained or whether
the information should be disclosed despite the exemption. We find that it
is within the public interest for this information to be disclosed as it
promotes transparency on how the university spends its money. We also find
that it is within the public interest to maintain the exemption and not
disclose this information as we believe that this disclosure would
adversely affect the university’s ability to effectively procure services
such as these and manage its spending correctly.

 

Therefore, on balance of the public interest for and against disclosure,
we have decided that the public interest in maintaining the exemption far
outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Therefore, the information
regarding the remainder of your request is exempt from public disclosure.

 

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Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

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Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information

Birkbeck College

London WC1E 7HX

 

www.bbk.ac.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: steve beer [mailto:[FOI #588874 email]]
Sent: 11 July 2019 13:58
To: Freedom of Information <[Birkbeck, University of London request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Facilities Services

 

Dear Birkbeck, University of London,

 

I would like to request further information about the University’s hard
services maintenance, catering, cleaning and security services.

 

Please can the University indicate whether each of their hard services,
cleaning, catering, and security services are contracted out, or delivered
in-house. If any of your hard services maintenance, cleaning, catering,
and security services are contracted out, please provide the following
details for each outsourced contract (in excel format):

• Contract name

• Contract start date

• Contract end date

• If there is the potential to extend the contract beyond the end date,
and if so, by how many years • Annual contract value • Name of the current
contractor • The contact details of the person responsible for procuring
the services

 

Yours faithfully,

 

S Beer

 

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