Professional Services Procurement Spend

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Dear Chorley 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,

Daniel Smith

Contact, Chorley Borough Council

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Dear Daniel

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foi, Chorley Borough Council

Dear Daniel

 

I am writing in response to your request for information under the terms
of the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Please find below, the details of your request and our response in red.

 

REQUEST:-

 

 

Dear Chorley 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? £71,328.62

 

•            What did the authority spend on professional Services Between
April 2019 and March 2020? £32,800.00

 

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

 

•            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?

Project Details Budget Time Frame
New Health Hub Including GP Surgery £3,394,534 12 - 18 mths
Sports Facilities £2,547,609 12 - 18 mths
Town Centre Regeneration Sites £2,800,000 12 - 24 mths
Commercial  Business Units £9,200,000 12 - 18 mths
Assisted Living, GP and Community Centre £14,010,000 12 - 24 mths
Development

 

 

•            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 uses  [1]The Chest e-procurement portal for inviting
quotations for procurements with a value of between £25,000 and £100,000,
and  for openly advertising tenders for procurements with a value of above
£100,000.  Alternatively the Council may use a suitable compliant
framework agreement where this is considered best value and appropriate in
the circumstances.

 

Anything below 25K is tendered by obtaining three quotes from chosen
suppliers, with award being made on which tender offers best value

 

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

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Chorley Council

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