PFI PPP Safety Audit

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Dear Breckland District Council,

This request for information is an attempt to seek reassurance about the safety of public buildings in the light of the findings revealed in the Inquiry commissioned following the collapse of a school building wall in Edinburgh and subsequent closure of 17 schools.

Please answer the following for each PFI/PPP schemes in the local authority area treating each scheme as a separate request.

Please provide all documents showing how your organisation has responded to the findings contained in the report on Edinburgh Schools Construction by John Cole: including, but not limited to memos, emails, minutes, reports.

I would like to understand the expertise and resource committed by your organisation to the management and oversight of PFI schemes from procurement through to ongoing contract operation. Please provide documents relating to the PFI Team(s) allocated to each project its makeup and structure of the team during each project phase. This may comprise terms of reference, organisation chart, post titles and role profiles.

Provide the deed of appointment for the Independent Certifier and any other documents setting out the scope of that role. Please confirm the level of indemnity insurance and liability period.

Please confirm whether your organisation employed a member of the Institute of Clerk of Works or an inspector of similar standing and assigned them to each construction site. If someone in this role was employed please confirm their level of qualification, the salary associated with this role and how much time was allocated to per project/site.

Please provide a list of all enforcement or improvement notices served; investigations carried out and reports commissioned into fire safety (include dates and specify who commissioned or issued these) Please provide copies of all items listed.

Provide details of all attempts to make deductions relating to structural defects for each project. Confirm the amount, what it was for, and when the deduction was made.

Yours faithfully,

Stuart Gamblin

Diana Bowie,

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Dear Mr Gamblin,

Further to your request for information from Breckland District Council, please find attached the Council's letter of acknowledgement.

Yours sincerely,

Diana Bowie
Statutory Information Officer
Breckland Council and South Holland Council
(Breckland): 01362656870
www.breckland.gov.uk | www.sholland.gov.uk

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Dear Diana Bowie,

By law you should have responded to my request for information. Please can you contact me as soon as possible with a response or an explanation for the delay.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Gamblin

Diana Bowie,

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Dear Mr Gamblin,

 

Thank you for your message of 23 June 2017 and further to your request for
information from Breckland District Council, please find attached the
Council’s response.

 

I sincerely apologise for the delay in responding to your recent message
for the delay which has affected the timing of this response which I
acknowledge is now beyond the statutory deadline.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Diana Bowie

Statutory Information Officer

Breckland Council and South Holland Council

(Breckland): 01362656390

[1]www.breckland.gov.uk  | [2]www.sholland.gov.uk

 

 

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