Professional Services Procurement Spend

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Dear Cannock Chase District 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,

Daniel Smith

Info Manager, Cannock Chase District Council

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Information Manager

Cannock Chase Council

 

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Info Manager, Cannock Chase District Council

Dear Mr Smith,

 

Thank you for your email requesting information.

 

The department dealing with it has asked if you could confirm your
interpretation of professional services.

 

Thank you

 

Information Manager

Cannock Chase District Council

 

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Dear Info Manager,

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,

Daniel Smith

Info Manager, Cannock Chase District Council

 

Dear Mr smith,

 

Thank you for your email requesting  information.

 

Please see the response below to your request.

 

We don’t have any contracts of that size for Cannock Chase District
Council or Stafford Borough Council.

 

For queries relating to how your request has been handled in relation to
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please feel free to contact me. If you
are then not satisfied with our response you can complain to us at
https://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/feedback.

 

Following the exhaustion of our complaints procedure you can also complain
to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone:   0303 123 1113

www.ico.org.uk

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Information Manager

Cannock Chase Council

 

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