Tender of parking enforcement work
Dear Transport for London,
Can i please have a copy of any tender with relation to parking enforcement.
I understan that NSL do part of the work and there are also some bailiff work outsoursed.
Thank you
Mustaf Hassan
Dear Mr Hassan
TfL Ref: 0162-1415
Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 25 April 2014. I am sorry for the delay in acknowledging your correspondence.
Your request will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and TfL’s information access policy.
A response will be provided to you by 27 May 2014.
In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
Dear Mr Hassan
TfL Ref: 0162-1415
Thank you for your email received by us on 25 April 2014 asking for a copy
of any tender relating to parking enforcement.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy.
Unfortunately, to provide the information you have requested would exceed
the ‘appropriate limit’ of £450 set by the Freedom of Information
(Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.
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for ‘any tender relating to parking enforcement’ would require us to look
through several years of records to determine what information we hold and
then retrieve any relevant data. Tender exercises generally attract
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Dear FOI,
My main concern is of course only the current successful contender(s) that I believe to have been NSL. Any bailiff work would have been further tendered by NSL on behalf of TfL. So my question remains as is.
So just to clarify I need the tender that enabled NSL to do the statutory civil parking control work on behalf of TfL and any tenders NSL have done on behalf of TfL.
I am expecting my full reply within the next day or two.
This reply was already 1) late over the statutory limit and 2) could have been given at day one.
Section 10(1) requires a public authority to comply with section 1(1) promptly and within 20 working days. The basic, primary obligation is to reply promptly; the 20 working day time limit is only a “long stop” provision.
See Gradwick v Cabinet Office (5 August 2010)
If section 12 of the FOI Act is again to be relied upon I will need a fuller breakdown how one comes to this figure. In fact one may even argue that TfL may even be a legislative body carrying out government work.
Yours sincerely,
Mustaf Hassan
Dear Mr Hassan
TfL Ref: 0352-1415
Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 29 May 2014. I am sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
Your request will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and TfL’s information access policy.
A response will be provided to you by 26 June 2014.
In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
Dear FOI,
I am eagerly waiting for the data within the next few days. A response by 26 June 2014 would be very late.
thank you
Mustaf Hassan
Dear Mr Hassan
TfL Ref: 0352-1415
Thank you for your email received by us on 29 May 2014 asking for
tendering information in relation to NSL undertaking statutory civil
parking control work on behalf of Transport for London (TfL).
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can
confirm we do hold the information you require.
Attached is a copy of the Invitation to Tender information pack.
I can advise that NSL Ltd has not undertaken any tender on behalf of TfL.
In reference to your comments on bailiff work, you may wish to refer to
the Equita contract published on our website for details:
[1]http://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications...
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable
to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to
appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would
like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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