Highway or road maintenance contracts

We acknowledge receipt of your request to Manchester City Council,
concerning:

Highway or road maintenance contracts

If your request comes under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), we will aim to
respond as promptly as we can and by no later than 20 working days.
Sometimes an extension to that timescale will apply and we will let you
know if that is the case.

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other than those provided by FOIA or EIR, different timescales may apply.
In particular, any part of your request that concerns your own personal
information will be considered in line with your rights under data
protection legislation (including the right of access) and we will aim to
provide you with a response in respect of that part of your request
without undue delay and by no later than one calendar month, unless an
extension to that timescale applies (we will let you know if that is the
case).

The reference number for your request is FOI/2858.

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Manchester City Council

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Dear Mr Blair

Request for Information – Highway or Road Maintenance Contracts -  Ref:
FOI/2858 (173)

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 28 August 2020 and has been considered under
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”).

I set out below your request for information and the Council’s response to
your request.

You have requested:

I would like to enquire whether the council has any highway/road term
maintenance contracts?

If so, would it be possible to know:

- Which contractors currently have contracts?

- When are these contracts scheduled to end?

- Do any of the contracts have provisions for extensions, if so, for how
long?

In response to your request

I confirm that the Council does hold the information that you have
requested however, having carefully considered the matter, the Council has
determined that it is unable to comply with your request. This is because
the requested information is exempt from disclosure under the following
absolute exemption:

Section 21: Information reasonably accessible by other means

This exemption applies because the information is available through an
alternative route. The Council does not have to provide the information to
you under the 2000 Act as you can obtain the information direct from the
Council’s Contracts Register which can be found in our E Tendering Portal
‘The Chest’ at:

Contracts register - MCC Contracts

When you have accessed the link, go to “Narrow your results”, then under
“organisation”, select “Manchester City Council” , click update and a list
of our published contracts is provided.

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review.  If you wish an internal review to be undertaken you
should contact the Democratic Services Legal Team, whose address is, PO
Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M602LA, email:
[MCC request email] in the first instance.  A copy of
the Council’s information rights complaint procedure can be downloaded
fromhttp://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d...
If you do not have internet access and require a paper copy, please let me
know. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review
process, 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

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Fax: 01625 524510

www.ico.org.uk

If you have any queries about this response please contact me.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely

Kevin Gillham

Head of Network Management

Highways Service,

Growth and Neighbourhoods Directorate

Manchester City Council