Dear Crown Commercial Service,

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act to the Crown Commercial Service regarding the RM956 - Vehicle Conversion and Reconditioning Services Framework.

Please could I access all the MISO submissions made under this framework in a machine readable format (preferably .csv). As an example, similar information to the data we require is already publicly available for G-Cloud here: https://digitalmarketplace.blog.gov.uk/s....

For the avoidance of doubt, we’d like you to provide the following data fields as a minimum:
CustomerName
SupplierName
EvidencedSpend
Customer Invoice Date

If you have additional data fields that can be sent, please provide them.

Thanks to the open data available on expenditure, we already know how much each supplier received from each individual buyer. We're only seeking to know how much the framework contract was used and by which buyers and which suppliers.

Please note, that because we are simply seeking to determine how much spend went through a contract, rather than the details of suppliers arrangements with buyers, we are confident that this is not an issue of commercial confidentiality.

In addition, please note that the ICO has already found in our favour when requesting this data in the past.

Please let me know if you require any clarifications. I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Helen McNally

Dear Crown Commercial Service,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Crown Commercial Service's handling of my FOI request 'MISO data - RM956 - Vehicle Conversion and Reconditioning Services'.

In response to my request, you provided data on the following two fields:
SupplierName
EvidencedSpend

However, you did not provide data on the following two fields:
CustomerName
Customer Invoice Date

You cited Section 43 on commercial confidentiality for withholding this information, but as public sector bodies publish details of their own spend every month, I believe these details to be already open and so not covered by concerns over commercial confidentiality. In relation to MISO data, the CCS has released data to us on these four fields in relation to other frameworks. While I appreciate that each case must be judged on its own merits, I believe this sets a precedent of releasing this information.

You also cited Section 31 to withhold information that you said could identify names and vehicles, but I fail to see how CustomerName, which would only provide the name of a public sector body and not an individual, or CustomerInvoiceDate relate to this exemption.

Therefore I am requesting a review of this decision under the terms of the FOI Act. I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Helen McNally