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Dear Powys County 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

Information Compliance, Powys County Council

Dear Ms Smith

 

Thank you for your email, having made an initial assessment of your
request we require some clarification. Please could you explain what you
mean by “professional services”?

 

Could you also confirm what you would consider to be “large”
construction-based projects?

 

Please note that we will be placing this request on hold until we hear
back from you.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Compliance Team

 

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Dear Information Compliance,

Thank you for your reply,

By Professional Services I mean procurement of projects and consultancy through Statement of Work that is outside IR35, but excluding temporary agency staff.
The value of any large projects that exceed 10m within all categories, for example housing, ICT, social care and education.

Please let me know if you need any further information

Yours sincerely,

Fiona Smith

Information Compliance, Powys County Council

Good afternoon Ms Smith

 

In regards to your request concerning professional services procurement,
we are currently waiting to receive information from the service area. We
regret the delay you have experienced with this request, and we
acknowledge that Powys County Council has failed in its obligation under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to provide you with a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days. We hope to provide you with a
response soon. Please accept our apologies for this and for any
inconvenience this may have caused.

 

Yours sincerely

 

The Information Compliance Team

 

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Information Compliance, Powys County Council

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Nigel Brinn, Corporate Director Rheoli Gwybodaeth/
(Economy and Environment) /
Cyfarwyddwr Corfforaethol (Yr Information Compliance
Economi a’r Amgylchedd)/
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Date / Dyddiad: 30/12/2020

Dear Ms Smith

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 26/10/2020 concerning
procurement spend - professional services.

This is to inform you that your request has been considered and I can
provide the following response:

 

Request & Response:

 

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? –
£483,742 (April – August 2020)

 

• What did the authority spend on professional Services Between April 2019
and March 2020? – £868,332

 

(This includes those who are contracted to provide one off/ad hoc pieces
of work and excludes "consultants" who are employed to do work/tasks that
cannot be done due to a lack of in-house capacity, or who are filling
vacant posts that cannot be recruited to).

 

• Between April 2019 and March 2020, which categories had the highest
level of spend throughout that period? – Housing, with a total spend of
£501,064.

 

• Has the authority planned any large construction-based projects over the
next two years? – Yes.

 

• If you have got construction projects planned, please could you provide
project details, budget and timeframes? – Please see below

 

Bro Hyddgen – Est opening Jan 2024 - £48m

Brynllwyarch – Est opening Sep 2023 - £9m

Ysgol Gymraeg y Trallwng - Est opening Apr 2022 - £8m (currently
tendering)

Cedewain – Est opening Sep 23, £22.6m (currently tendering)

Newtown new primary school - Est opening Sep 24, £12.9m

 

Please note that we are unable to provide dates for tender, but have
provided estimated dates for completion of the works and estimated budget
values.

 

• 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. – Powys County Council use a variety of
routes. Adverts through Sell2wales, Consultancy Frameworks such as the NPS
and Direct Awards.

 

By Professional Services I mean procurement of projects and consultancy
through Statement of Work that is outside IR35, but excluding temporary
agency staff. The value of any large projects that exceed 10m within all
categories, for example housing, ICT, social care and education.

 

We regret the delay you have experienced with this request. We acknowledge
that Powys County Council has failed in its obligation under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, to provide you with a response to your request
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days. Please accept our
apologies for this and for any inconvenience this may have caused.

 

We believe that this request is now complete and shall be closed
immediately. Should any further information be requested regarding this
topic, a separate request will need to be submitted.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Powys County Council.

 

Yours sincerely,

Information Compliance Team

 

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