Dear Neil Capstick

Thank you for your request for information, below, which was received by the Council (26/01/2022) and we will answer your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The FOI Act obliges us to respond to requests promptly, and in any case no later than 20 working days (by 23/02/2022) unless it is necessary to consider the public interest, in which case a full response must be provided within such a time as is reasonable in the circumstances and I will write to you again if this occurs.

The Council is fully utilising its facilities in order to complete all freedom information requests and subject access requests within the statutory time scale. However, whilst we are making every effort to fulfil every request, it is acknowledged both by the Council and the ICO that sometimes other pressures will have to take priority during this difficult time and people may experience unavoidable delays to their FOI and SAR response times. We thank you for your patience in this challenging time.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Information Compliance Team
Legal Services
Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council
Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [Bracknell Forest Borough Council request email]
Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

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From: [1][email address]

Sent:   13^th May 2022

Dear Neil Capstick

Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding

Subject: Freedom of Information response No: 767

I am writing to confirm that the council has completed the processing of
your request for information.

Please find below a copy of your request, followed by the Council’s
response.

REQUEST AND RESPONSE

 1. The social value weighting applied in all above threshold tenders and
frameworks issued in 2021 for contracts or frameworks. I do not
require information on products or construction, only services, but if
the information is recorded in one dataset, I am happy to “clean” this
myself.

Commissioning Response

Where relevant Social Value forms a considered element of all Tenders.
Recent tenders have weighted Social Value at around 5%.

In the recent HomeCare Tender a question with a total weighting of 18%
contained a specific element of social care which given the structure of
the question would have corresponded to around 5% of the overall total
(25% of the question).

Procurement Response

For the Depot project, social value weighting was 5% of the quality score
as agreed with Procurement.

 2. The price and quality weightings used in the above contracts or
frameworks. Again, if the dataset contains all tenders, I am happy to
“clean” the data.

Commissioning Response

The council applies a 60:40 split on price : quality. This can be adjusted
by agreement at the Strategic Procurement Plan stage. For example in the
recent Homecare tender a 100% quality weighting was applied as this was a
fixed price framework.

Procurement Response

In Property price/quality weighting is usually is 60: 40 split. For the
Depot project to procure the main contractor ( completed in 2021) , the
split was 50:50 as agreed by the Executive. The reason for changing the
standard price/quality weighting was a design & build contract. The
contractor needed to have proven technical experience to develop the
technical design.

You may also find it helpful to refer to our web page
[2]https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/busi...
which contains other helpful information as well.

If you have any queries about this matter please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Please note that your request may itself be the subject of a FOI request
and will be disclosed in that event.

Bracknell Forest council now considers that it has complied with your
request. However, you have a right to appeal if you are dissatisfied with
our response. Requests for an internal review must be made in writing, and
within 40 calendar days of this response being issued to you. When
requesting an internal review, please include your reference number, the
date of your original request and your contact details. Please also
include an explanation of why you are dissatisfied with our response.
Requests for an internal review should be sent to:
[3][Bracknell Forest Borough Council request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commission can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Information Management Team

Legal Services
Service Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council

Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [4][email address]
Web: [5]www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

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