Sport, physical activity and wellbeing services

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Dear Stirling Council,

Please provide all details of the procurement process to date for the sport, physical activity and wellbeing services, including any RFI/RFP documents, responses, costs incurred by the council, and effort expended in activity related to the process.

Additionally, please provide details of the current arrangements for sport, physical activity and wellbeing services.

Yours faithfully,

Adam Booth

FOI, Stirling Council

Dear Mr Booth,

Your request for information has been logged and allocated reference FOI/9559.

Your request will be dealt with under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and a response will be issued no later than 10/03/17.

Yours sincerely,

Marie Proudfoot

Records & Information Compliance Team
Stirling Council
Stirling FK8 2ET
01786 233988
[Stirling Council request email]

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ccefoi, Stirling Council

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Dear Adam Booth,

 

I refer to your above request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland)
Act 2002, which was logged by us as FOI/9559.

                                                                   

The following information has been provided in response to your request.

 

Please provide all details of the procurement process to date for the
sport, physical activity and wellbeing services, including any RFI/RFP
documents, responses, costs incurred by the council, and effort expended
in activity related to the process.

 

Details of the Council’s procurement process  is available here on the
intranet:

[1]http://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/busin...

 

With regard to the procurement process for sport, physical activity and
wellbeing services, no RFI/RFP documents exist.  We do hold copies of the
documentation that was used during the process, and these documents are
attached here.  However, we are refusing the responses that were provided
by bidders, under Section 33(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 which provides an exemption for information which
would substantially prejudice the commercial interests of any person.  In
this case, we consider that disclosure of the information would cause
substantial prejudice to the commercial interests of bidders by making
public details of their bid.  This exemption also requires the council to
consider the public interest.  In this case, it is our view that the
public interest in ensuring that the Council can continue to run
procurement processes which are fair to all participants outweighs any
public interest in details of the bids submitted. 

 

With regard to costs incurred by the Council, Stirling Council has
incurred external legal costs of £52,717.30 excluding VAT to date. Whilst
it is anticipated that there will be further legal costs associated with
the termination of the procurement process, the exact level of such costs
cannot be known at this time. It is not possible to determine the cost to
Stirling Council of Officer time involved in the procurement process as
officers work on a variable number of transactions at any one time for a
fixed salary.  Minor ancillary costs have been incurred for meeting room
bookings, tea/coffee etc.  Again, these costs are collated centrally and,
therefore, it is not possible to provide an exact figure.

 

Additionally, please provide details of the current arrangements for
sport, physical activity and wellbeing services.

 

The current contract with Active Stirling for sport, physical activity and
wellbeing services will continue until 31st March 2017. Ongoing
arrangements have yet to be finalised.

 

 

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