Hard and soft FM provision
Dear Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide the following information:
1. Are any of your sites part of a PFI arrangement? If so, which site and what is the name of the special purpose company (ProjectCo) for the PFI?
2. For all of your sites (both PFI/Non-PFI), please can you outline who provides/delivers Hard Facilities Management services?
3. For all of your sites (both PFI/Non-PFI), please can you outline who provides/delivers the Soft Facilities Management services (if delivered in-house please state this):
a. Cleaning and Domestic Services
b. Patient Catering
c. Retail and staff & Visitor Catering Services
d. Portering and Logistics
e. Non-Emergency Patient Transport
f. FM Helpdesk
g. Hospital Switchboard
h. Security/manned guarding
i. Car Park Management
j. Linen & Laundry Services
k. Waste Management – off-site disposal
4. If these services (both Hard and Soft Facilities Management) are outsourced, please can you outline when these contracts were awarded, for how long, the contract value and when they are due to expire?
Yours faithfully,
Lee Fairhurst
Dear Lee,
Freedom of Information Request F21/0166
Thank you for your freedom of information request received 24.06.2021.
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Kind regards
Freedom of Information Office
: [Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email]
+ Trust Headquarters, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Sandwell General
+ Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ
Dear Lee,
Freedom of Information Request F21/0166
Thank you for your freedom of information request received on 24 June 2021.
As you are aware Trust's across the country have refocused resources to assist frontline staff to combat Covid-19 during this difficult period and we have been no different, so apologies for the delay in providing a response to your FOI request.
Given that your request was made some considerable time again, before expanding further effort to obtain the information you require, I would be grateful if you could confirm, within the next 5 working days, if you still require this information. If not then the request will automatically be closed.
If you still require the information we will progress this as quickly as we can, but do appreciate your patience with this.
Thank you in advance of your support.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Office
: [Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email]
+ Trust Headquarters, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Sandwell General
+ Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ
Dear ISLAM, Mohammed (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST),
This request is still valid and the information is still required. If you're able to provide this that would be very helpful.
Yours sincerely,
Lee Fairhurst
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