Oxford Direct Services Details of contracts over £5,000
Dear Oxford City Council,
I would like to request a list of contracts issued by Oxford Direct Services with suppliers and contractors over the value of £5,000 or over since January 2015.
As a minimum, please include:
Reference number
Title of agreement
Local authority department responsible
Description of the goods and/or services being provided
Supplier name and details
Sum to be paid over the length of the contract or the estimated annual spending or budget for the contract
Value Added Tax that cannot be recovered
Start, end and review dates
Whether or not the contract was the result of an invitation to quote or a published invitation to tender, and
Whether or not the supplier is a small or medium sized enterprise and/or a voluntary or community sector organisation and where it is, provide the relevant registration number.
Please provide the information in machine-readable format, preferably csv.
Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing contract data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio....
For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,
Lucia Romano
Good Morning
I can confirm receipt of your FOI request, we will respond to you in line
with the 20 working days timeline
Kind Regards
Jayne
Jayne Webley-Smith | Customer Experience Officer
ODS | Horspath Road | Oxford OX4 2RH
[1][email address] | [2]www.odsgroup.co.uk
T:01865 335443 | M:07483 011163
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Dear Ms Romano,
Oxford City Council – Reference:9925
Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 23rd February 2021
and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt) in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), subject to the information not being
exempt or containing reference to a third party.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recognises the unprecedented
challenges all are facing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In particular they understand that resources, whether they are finances or
people, may be diverted away from usual compliance or information rights
work. Whilst the ICO can’t extend statutory timescales, they will not be
penalising public authorities for prioritising other areas or adapting
their usual approach during this extraordinary period.
Therefore while the Council will make every effort to comply with the
Statutory Requirements you may experience understandable delays when
making information rights requests during the pandemic.
Yours sincerely
Kathryn Winfield
Information Governance Requests Officer
Kathryn Winfield | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City
Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Email: [email address] | T: 01865 252007
My working days are Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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Dear Ms Romano,
Oxford City Council – Reference:9925
Further to the acknowledgement below, I can respond to your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 request received on 23rd February 2021 as follows:
The ODS contract register is currently being updated. I will advise you
when the update is available on the website.
As the information that you are seeking is intended for future
publication, the qualified exemption under s22 of the Freedom of
Information Act (which relates to information intended for future
publication) applies.
If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are
entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s)
made. You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either
email – [1][email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford
City Council, St Aldate’s Chambers, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DS. After
the result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you may ask
the Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf. You may do this
by writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Kathryn Winfield
Information Governance Requests Officer
Kathryn Winfield | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City
Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Email: [2][email address] | T: 01865 252007
My working days are Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Stop the virus from spreading. Keep Oxford safe.
Follow the guidance: Clean hands. Wear a face mask. Keep your distance.
Get tested if you have symptoms.
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Dear freedomofinformation,
I have checked the ODS website and can see that the format of contract register has been updated.
However, I can see still see no reference to information relating to invitation to tender for contracts:
Procurement information:
Local authorities must publish details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000. For each invitation, then following details must be published:
reference number
title
description of the goods and/or services sought
start, end and review dates, and
local authority department responsible
as detailed in the following Government document.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
Where can I find this information?
Yours sincerely,
Lucia Romano
Dear Ms Romano
Oxford City Council – Reference: 10059
Thank you for your email.
Your request was received on 21st April 2021 and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt) in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a third party.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recognises the unprecedented challenges all are facing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In particular they understand that resources, whether they are finances or people, may be diverted away from usual compliance or information rights work. Whilst the ICO can’t extend statutory timescales, they will not be penalising public authorities for prioritising other areas or adapting their usual approach during this extraordinary period.
Therefore while the Council will make every effort to comply with the Statutory Requirements you may experience understandable delays when making information rights requests during the pandemic.
Yours sincerely
Sal Bartlett | Information Governance Administrator| Law & Governance | SA1.2B | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Stop the virus from spreading. Keep Oxford safe.
Follow the guidance: Clean hands. Wear a face mask. Keep your distance. Get tested if you have symptoms.
Dear Ms Romano,
Oxford City Council – Reference: 10059
Further to the acknowledgement below, I can respond to your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 request received on 21^st April 2021 as follows:
Local authorities must publish details of every invitation to tender for
contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds
£5,000. For each invitation, then following details must be published:
reference number
title
description of the goods and/or services sought
start, end and review dates, and
local authority department responsible
Where can I find this information?
Please see the below links to the contract information for both Oxford
City Council and Oxford Direct Services:
[1]https://www.oxford.gov.uk/info/20023/sel...
[2]https://www.odsgroup.co.uk/Register-of-C...
If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are
entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s)
made. You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either
email – [3][email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford
City Council, St Aldate’s Chambers, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DS. After
the result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you may ask
the Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf. You may do this
by writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Sal Bartlett | Information Governance Administrator| Law & Governance |
SA1.2B | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford |
OX1 1DS
Stop the virus from spreading. Keep Oxford safe.
Follow the guidance: Clean hands. Wear a face mask. Keep your distance.
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Dear Oxford City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Oxford Direct Services Details of contracts over £5,000'.
I am still waiting for the information from ODS to be updated.
Currently information is only available up to February 2021. This is not acceptable.
https://www.odsgroup.co.uk/Register-of-C...
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/o...
Yours faithfully,
Lucia Romano
Dear Lucia Romano,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email. Please be advised that this has been passed to the relevant Manager.
Yours sincerely,
Joyce Fagan
Information Governance Requests Officer
Joyce Fagan | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Email: [email address] T: 01865 252 425
Stop the virus from spreading. Keep Oxford safe.
Follow the guidance: Clean hands. Wear a face mask. Keep your distance. Get tested if you have symptoms.
Dear Lucia Romano
I have forwarded your email to the relevant Manager.
Yours sincerely,
Joyce Fagan
Information Governance Requests Officer
Joyce Fagan | Information Governance Requests Officer | Oxford City Council | Law and Governance | St. Aldate's Chambers | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
Stop the virus from spreading. Keep Oxford safe.
Follow the guidance: Clean hands. Wear a face mask. Keep your distance. Get tested if you have symptoms.
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