Seaborne Freight - highly reputable third parties in vetting process

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Dear Department for Transport,

Following the announcement of the contract awarded to Seaborne Freight a department spokesman is quoted in the Guardian as saying:

“Before any contract was signed, due diligence on Seaborne Freight was carried out both by senior officials at the Department for Transport, and highly reputable independent third-party organisations with significant experience and expertise into Seaborne’s financial, technical and legal underpinning.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Please advise:

Which highly reputable third party organisations were consulted?
When they were consulted?
How much the consultancy costed?

Please also provide:
Any reports or analysis provided to the department by those third parties.

Yours faithfully,

Steve Kirtley

Department for Transport

Dear Steve,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request for information which
has been allocated reference number P0016889.

A response will be issued to you in due course.

Regards,

Department for Transport
FOI Advice Team
Digital Service
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St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
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G Webber left an annotation ()

I was literally about to post the same request. Thank you!

Isabella Craig, Department for Transport

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Dear Steve,

 

Please see attached a response to your Freedom of Information request
received on 3 January 2019.

 

Kind regards,

 

Isabella

 

 

[1]cid:image001.png@01D46C45.259B1250          Isabella Craig

Maritime Directorate

Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road,
London, SW1P 4DR  
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@transportgovuk 

 

 

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