Professional Services Procurement Spend

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Dear Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council,

I am writing to ask that you please provide me with the spend for your Professional Services procurement at the Authority, by which I mean the procurement of projects and consultancy through Statement of Work excluding temporary agency staff.

• What have you spent on Professional Services over the last 12 months?
• What did the authority spend on professional Services Between April 2019 and March 2020?
• Between April 2019 and March 2020, which categories had the highest level of spend throughout that period?
• Has the authority planned any large construction-based projects over the next two years?
• If you have got construction projects planned, please could you provide project details, budget and timeframes?
• What is the Councils current process to engage with professional service providers? Please could you provide details of the process and name third parties if they are being used.

Yours faithfully,

Fiona Smith

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Emily Henderson

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Dear Fiona,

Freedom of Information Request: FOI 6542

Please find enclosed a response to your Freedom of Information Request.

• What have you spent on Professional Services over the last 12 months? - 138k

• What did the authority spend on professional Services Between April 2019 and March 2020? - 380k

• Between April 2019 and March 2020, which categories had the highest level of spend throughout that period? - Information not held

• Has the authority planned any large construction-based projects over the next two years? - Information not held

• If you have got construction projects planned, please could you provide project details, budget and timeframes? - Information not held

• What is the Councils current process to engage with professional service providers? Please could you provide details of the process and name third parties if they are being used. - Information not held

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If you have any further queries, please contact me quoting the above reference number.
                 
Kind Regards
Emily Henderson

Sent on behalf of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council - In the current situation we are acting on behalf of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to continue delivering this service to their customers.

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