Professional Services Procurement Spend

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Dear Waltham Forest 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,

Robert Taylor

Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council, Waltham Forest Borough Council

Re: "Freedom of Information request - Professional Services Procurement
Spend"
Reference: FOI266959281
Date of request: 2020-10-30 16:39:59

Dear Robert Taylor,

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Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council, Waltham Forest Borough Council

Re: FOI Response FOI266959281 "Freedom of Information request -
Professional Services Procurement Spend".

Dear Robert Taylor,

I am writing to confirm that the Council has now completed its search for
the information which you requested on 30th October 2020 about Freedom of
Information request - Professional Services Procurement Spend.

The information supplied has been provided by the department responsible
for the service delivery.

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

From November 2019 – October 2020 estimated spend is £17,185,959

 

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

Estimated spend is £14,344,686

 

• Between April 2019 and March 2020, which categories had the highest
level of spend throughout that period?

Technical and Feasibility area

 

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

The Council publishes an Annual Procurement Plan for procurements that may
proceed in the following proceeding financial year. This is published
within the Council’s Cabinet Minutes, the current plan was published in
March 2020, see following link to published minutes:
[1]https://democracy.walthamforest.gov.uk/i...

The next one will be published in March 2021

 

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

No detailed plans available

 

• 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.

The Council has Contract Procedure Rules which details the procurement
processes for officers to follow. Council officers can also access
frameworks including the LGRP (YPO and L.B Waltham Forest) and a Dynamic
Purchasing System (DPS - Adam HTT and L.B Waltham Forest)

 

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Kind regards,
The Information Officer

Kind regards,

The Information Officer
The London Borough of Waltham Forest
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