Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

 

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DEAR George Saint

 

Freedom of information request - FOI/7505

 

Subject: FOI on recycling of waste paper and cardboard contracts

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Kind Regard

Information Management Team

 

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

 

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

 

Dear George Saint

Request FOI/7505

Further to your request received on 09/05/2023, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to your request

 

Specifically, you have requested the following information:

 

• What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract?

• Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were
successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages • Who is the current
supplier?

• Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the
start of the contract to the current date • Are there any processing
facilities or MRFs utilised within the contract if so what the names and
addresses?

• How is your fibre processed (baled or loose)?

• Where is the end destination of the fibre?

• What is your current collection method (dual stream, single source,
kerbside sort or comingled) • What tonnage per year do you produce by
fibre grade?

• 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?

• Are there any plans to change the existing service?

 

 

 

For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in turn.
/ The information you have requested is as follows:

Our response:

 

This information is provided on our website/is in the public domain and is
therefore exempt from Croydon Council under Section 21 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, ‘Information reasonably accessible to the applicant
by other means’.

 

Section 21 is an absolute exemption and therefore does not require the
public interests balancing test to be applied. The council can confirm
that the requested information can be accessed through the following link:

https://www.croydon.gov.uk/search/google...

 

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

 

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

 

[1]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act you may ask for an internal review.
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

 

Email:        [2][Croydon Borough Council request email]

 

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

                   8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

 

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

 

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,

 

Louise Edwards

 

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

 

 

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