Up to date details of current contracts over £5,000

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Dear Bedford Borough Council,

I would like to request a list of your current contracts with suppliers over the value of £5,000 or over.

As a minimum, please include:
Reference number
Title of agreement
Local authority department responsible
Description of the goods and/or services being provided
Supplier name and details
Sum to be paid over the length of the contract or the estimated annual spending or budget for the contract
Value Added Tax that cannot be recovered
Start, end and review dates
Whether or not the contract was the result of an invitation to quote or a published invitation to tender, and
Whether or not the supplier is a small or medium sized enterprise and/or a voluntary or community sector organisation and where it is, provide the relevant registration number.

Please provide the information in machine-readable format, preferably csv.

Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing contract data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio....

Please note that it is permissible to request data in a specified format under the terms of the FOI Act: https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/court-....

For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Helen McNally

Freedom of Information, Bedford Borough Council

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Commercial Hub, Bedford Borough Council

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Please see attached for your information.

Regards.

Commercial Hub
Strategic Commissioning & Procurement
Enabling Services
Room 652, Bedford Borough Council
Cauldwell Street
Bedford MK42 9AP
Tel (01234) 228420 Ext 42420
www.bedford.gov.uk

 
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Dear Commercial Hub Team,

Thank you for directing me to this data.

Yours sincerely,

Helen McNally