Professional Services Procurement Spend

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Dear Derbyshire 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

Access 2 Info (Commissioning Communities and Policy), Derbyshire County Council

Dear Ms Smith,

 

In order to process your request below, clarification is required. Are you
referring to all professional services or specifically construction based
? Please note Consultancy staff are likely to include  temporary agency
staff as they would not be permanent.

 

When clarification has been received your request will be processed and
the deadline will be calculated.

 

Kind regards Justin

 

Justin Hird Legal Assistant |Commissioning, Communities and Policy
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Dear Justin,

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 projects that exceed 10m within all categories..i.e housing, ICT, social care, education etc

Please let me know if you need any further information

Regards,

Fiona

Access 2 Info (Commissioning Communities and Policy), Derbyshire County Council

Dear Ms Smith

I write to acknowledge receipt of your request for information received on 16 October 2020 and your further clarification of your request received on 22 October 2020.

Your request will be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Authorities are required to respond promptly to requests and in any event within 20 working days following the date of receipt. In your case we calculate this to be by the 19 November 2020. However, we shall endeavour to deal with your request promptly, and if possible before this date.

Yours sincerely,

Julia Pearson
Business Services Assistant
Access 2 Information Team
Derbyshire County Council
County Hall
Matlock
DE4 3AG

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