Procurement Statistics

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Dear Brent Borough Council,

Please supply me with the following statistics for your Council for Goods and Services procurement where 'goods' are tangible products such as pens or computers, generally known as supplies; 'works' are "the construction or demolition of buildings, both residential and non-residential, repair to the fabric of these buildings, construction of roads, bridges, tunnels, and the installation of gas, electric, and plumbing services" and 'services' are the provision of an intangible product such as care or refuse collection, whether it is carried out internally or externally. The following payments should be EXCLUDED: foster carer payments; payments to pension funds; payments to other local authorities for placement of clients or other non-commercial activities; payments to individuals for expenses, insurance settlements, council tax refunds, etc; Benefits payments and transfer payments.

The figures should cover (unless stated) the period 1st April 2014 to the 31st March 2015.
1. Council’s net revenue budget.
2. The total value of Goods and Services acquired by the council from third party suppliers.
3. The total value of goods and services acquired from third party suppliers by the council that were acquired under the terms of a contract whether arranged by the Council independently or by a collaboration with another Council or through participation in a Contract provided through a Framework.
4. Total Number of Contracts awarded by the Council.
5. Total number of contract awards by the council that have been challenged by an unsuccessful tenderer.
6. Cost of procurement management (Total cost of procurement function (staff salaries, on-costs, share of central recharges, dedicated system costs, contracted third party support costs) for a given period).
7. The total number of suppliers (contracted or not) that received a payment for Goods or services.
8. The total value of third party spend acquired from contracts that were not exclusive to the council such as arranged with or by another council or through participation in a contract provided through a Framework.
9. The total value of third party spend acquired by electronic electronic orders (i.e. over the internet, it does not include procurement cards, telephone or fax orders).
10. The % saving (comparing the new contracted price to the old contracted price) in the top 5 valued (Total anticipated spend over the life of the contract) contracted procurements undertaken by the council awarded during the period 1st April 2014 to the 31st March 2015.
11. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2015.
12. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2015 with ongoing improvement clauses (improved performance over the life of the contract or reduced pricing).
13. The total number of contracts held by the council as at the 31st March 2015 with formalised and active contract management (Formalised contract management is viewed as regular, recorded and communicated processes for reviewing progress, issues, performance, ouputs and outcomes including remedial action linked to contract terms by a responsible individual or individuals or teams that is active).
14. The total number of contracted suppliers to the council as at the 31st March 2015 with partnership arrangements (A Partnership is defined as where the council and an identified supplier develop a close and long-term relationship governed by an agreement where the two share mutual objectives and where there are shared success objectives and adopt a high level of purposeful cooperation to maintain a trading relationship over time).
15. The total number of suppliers that supplied the council via a contract.
16. The total value of goods and services that were acquired through the use of electronic orders (i.e. over the internet, it does not include procurement cards, telephone or fax orders).
17. The total number of invoices for goods and services paid by the council during the period 1st April 2014 to the 31st March 2015 whether or not the supplier was contracted to the council or the holder of a framework contract.
18. The total value of Goods and Services spent with suppliers whose head office/business address is in the area of the council.
19. The total value of Goods and Services spent with suppliers who are defined as a Small and Medium Enterprise according to the DfTI definition.
20. The total number of contracts that reached their termination date and were renewed by extension without retendering.

Yours faithfully,

phil spring

Peter Gadsdon,

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Our reference: 3408796

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Dear Mr. Spring
 
Thank you for your information request. We will forward it to the
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Gary Salterpicco,

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Yours sincerely
 
 
Gary Salterpicco
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Gary Salterpicco,

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Dear Mr. Spring
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 11 May
2015, as follows:
Procurement statistics, see attached.
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and we aim to send a response by 10 June 2015.
 
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Yours sincerely
 
 
Gary Salterpicco
[email address]
 
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