Dear Jack Greenwell,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref:  50/2020

 

Thank you for your correspondence received on the 28th September, 2020.

 

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Dear Jack Greenwell

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 50/2020

 

Thank you for your correspondence received on 28th September, 2020.

In response to your request I can now provide the following information. 

 

You requested all emails and other directions from B. Houchen, Tees Valley
Mayor and his advisers, to staff at Tees Valley Combined Authority between
1/3/2020 and 1/4/2020 which relate to:

 

a) prolonging framework DN321535?  There are no emails or directions from
B. Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor, and/or his advisers, to staff at Tees
Valley Combined Authority on this matter.

 

b) a policy to award TVCA contracts to locally based law firms?  There are
no emails or directions from B. Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor, and/or his
advisers, to staff at Tees Valley Combined Authority on this matter.  The
contract procedure rules can be found in the Tees Valley Combined
Authority Constitution which is publicly available on the Tees Valley
Combined Authority web-site.

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

Sally Henry | Governance Officer

 

Tees Valley Combined Authority

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Dear Tees Valley Combined Authority,

 

 

 

Dear sirs

 

 

 

Can you send me all emails and other directions from B. Houchen, Tees
Valley Mayor and his advisers, to staff at Tees Valley Combined Authority
between 1/3/2020 and 1/4/2020 which relate to:

 

 

 

a) prolonging framework DN321535?

 

 

 

b) a policy to award TVCA contracts to locally based law firms?

 

 

 

I am considering submitting a further request on this topic, so please do
not destroy records on the topic of B.Houchen’s instructions around
DN321535.

 

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

Jack Greenwell

 

 

 

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