School uniform supplier details
Dear Shenley Academy,
Under the FOI Act I would like to request the following information regarding the contract with your supplier(s) of sports uniform/kit:
1) How many suppliers do you have a contract with?
2) How was the contract awarded e.g. open competition, direct award? Was the local authority involved in the tender of this contract?
3) Date the contract was awarded?
4) Date the contract will expire?
5) What competitors, if any, were considered?
6) What criteria was used to select the supplier?
7) Does the school profit from the contract, e.g. as a result of uniform sales? If yes, what remuneration is received?
8) If the school has not entered into a contract with the supplier(s), what is the nature of the agreement in place?
9) Does the contract contain any clauses relating to the cost or affordability of items?
10) Please provide a copy of the contract with commercially sensitive details redacted.
Please note that redaction costs cannot be counted towards any cost limits under the FOI Act.
Please also note that for information to be withheld under Section 43 (commercial sensitivity), the following must be provided:
Details of the exact FOIA exemption – either 43.1 Trade Secrets or 43.2 Commercial Interests
Details of who would be prejudiced
A “Public Interest Test” where the arguments for and against release of the information should be discussed (as this is a “qualified” exemption).
If release of the information could prejudice a third party, they should be consulted with (see FOIA Section 45 Code of Practice Part IV)
Please also note that contracts drawn up since 2005 are supposed to include provisions requiring organisations to comply with the FOI Act
Yours faithfully,
Cameron Gillies
Good afternoon
I confirm receipt of your Freedom of Information request sent to Shenley
Academy.
We will respond to your request by 22/11/2022. The statutory time frame of
20 days in which to respond; this does not include school closures and
training days.
If you have any questions, please send these to me via email, quoting ref
‘FOI 406’.
Kind regards
Marius Dumitrascu
Investigations Officer and Deputy Data Protection Officer
07546 562 205
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London: Unit 12.2.2 The Leather Market, 11-13 Weston Street, London SE1
3ER
Registered office: The Orangery, 28 Headlands, Ketterring, NN15 7HP
Company No. 0652 6376
E-ACT is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England
and Wales
Further to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, dated 17/10/2022, please find E‐ACT’s response as
follows:
It has been determined that the information that you are seeking falls
within the following exemptions under the relevant Act:
1. Section 41 of the FOIA (Confidential Information)
Section 41(1) of the FOIA states:
Information is exempt information if:
• it was obtained by the public authority from any other person
(including another public authority), and
• the disclosure of the information to the public (otherwise than under
this Act) by the public authority holding it would constitute a breach
of confidence actionable by that or any other person .
Section 2(3)(g) of the ICO’s guidance also states that this exemption is
absolute. This means that if section 41 applies, a public authority does
not have to apply a public interest test under the FOIA in order to
withhold the information.
2. Section 43 of the FOIA (Commercial Prejudice)
Section 43(2) of the FOIA states:
(2) Information is exemption information if its disclosure under this Act
would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any
person (including the public authority holding it).
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner
for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
I confirm that this Freedom of Information Request is now closed.
Kind regards
Marius Dumitrascu
Investigations Officer and Deputy Data Protection Officer
07546 562 205
[1]Website | [2]Twitter | [3]LinkedIn
[4]Email signature logo
London: Unit 12.2.2 The Leather Market, 11-13 Weston Street, London SE1
3ER
Registered office: The Orangery, 28 Headlands, Ketterring, NN15 7HP
Company No. 0652 6376
E-ACT is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England
and Wales
From: Marius Dumitrascu
Sent: 21 October 2022 15:33
To: [FOI #908131 email]
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - School uniform supplier
details - FOI 406
Good afternoon
I confirm receipt of your Freedom of Information request sent to Shenley
Academy.
We will respond to your request by 22/11/2022. The statutory time frame of
20 days in which to respond; this does not include school closures and
training days.
If you have any questions, please send these to me via email, quoting ref
‘FOI 406’.
Kind regards
Marius Dumitrascu
Investigations Officer and Deputy Data Protection Officer
07546 562 205
[5]Website | [6]Twitter | [7]LinkedIn
[8]Email signature logo
London: Unit 12.2.2 The Leather Market, 11-13 Weston Street, London SE1
3ER
Registered office: The Orangery, 28 Headlands, Ketterring, NN15 7HP
Company No. 0652 6376
E-ACT is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England
and Wales
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