Professional Services Procurement Spend
Dear South Tyneside Metropolitan 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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Dear Ms Smith
Your FOI Request was received by South Tyneside Council on the 27th October 2020.
Coronavirus and information requests
While the Council will endeavour to process your request within the statutory timescales, please be aware that resources may be diverted away from usual compliance or information governance work.
You may experience understandable delays when making requests for information during the pandemic.
We thank you for your understanding in this matter.
If you have any further queries regarding this matter then please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team on [South Tyneside Council request email] or 0191 424 6539 and quote the reference number FOI 20.20929.
Regards
Information Governance
South Tyneside Council
Dear Ms Smith
Please find attached the Council’s response to your Freedom of Information Request.
Regards
Information Governance
South Tyneside Council
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