Value of payments made to Uniserve for freight transport agency services
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
DHSC awarded a contract to Uniserve on 30 March 2020 for freight transport agency services worth £473,390,310 - Contract Award Notice https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.... which was subsequently increased to £572,890,310 under Contract award Notice https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov....
According to spend data published by DHSC here https://www.gov.uk/government/collection... , approximately £1bn has been paid to Uniserve, excluding payments related to the supply of PPE.
1. Please advise the total value of all payments made by DHSC to Uniserve for the contract covered by Contract Award Notice https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.... in:
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2. Please advise why a Contract Award Notice giving the revised value of the contract has not been issued.
Your response will be copied to the COVID-19 Inquiry as evidence.
Yours faithfully,
Chris Smith
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Dear Chris,
We apologise for the delay in you receiving a response to your recent FOI
request (our ref:FOI-1525045).
The Department of Health and Social Care is still considering your request
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Freedom of Information Team
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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
Please advise when you expect to be able to provide a reply.
I'm submitting some evidence to the COVID-19 Inquiry for Module 5 Procurement, and I'd appreciate an early reply.
Yours faithfully,
Chris Smith
Dear Mr Smith,
Thank you for your email dated 2 October 2024.
I apologise once again for the delay in you receiving a response to your
FOI request (our ref:FOI-1525045).
The Department of Health and Social Care is still considering your request
and we will respond as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
I have still not received the requested information, so I've submitted a complaint to the Information Commissioner.
Yours faithfully,
Chris Smith
Dear Chris,
Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your FOI request (our ref: FOI-1525045) and we apologise for the long
delay in replying.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
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