WEEE Tender

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Claire McWilliams

Dear sir/madam,

My name is Claire McWilliams and I work for a Compliance Scheme called blue Compliance.

I would like to request the following information from either the procurement department or the Waste Management/Recycling department.

• Date of the next tender for the “Collection and Disposal of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and Batteries.

• Also a copy of the previous successful tender for the collection and disposal of WEEE.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Claire McWilliams
Brand and Compliance Manager

Tel: 07852323355
www.environcom.co.uk

Information Governance, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Claire McWilliams

Thank you for your request for information regarding tenders for WEEE
which we received on 24 June 2011.

We will deal with this in accordance with your right of access to
information we hold under the Freedom of Information Act as requested and
I attach a leaflet containing further information about both your rights
and our obligations under this legislation. You will see from this that we
are not obliged to generate information we do not already hold in order to
provide what we are asked for, such as by collating data or formulating
direct answers to questions, but you are entitled to receive copies of
records (or extracts from them) that contain the information you have
requested.

I will ask our procurement team to research the information you have
requested and we will respond providing what we hold no later than 22 July
2011 in accordance with the timescales set by the Act.

We will inform you if:

a) We are unable to provide you with any of the information you have
requested, and explain the reason for this; and

b) Any fee is payable for the information we are able to provide.

In the meantime, if you have any queries or require clarification on any
aspect of your request or how we will respond, please do not hesitate to
contact me.

Yours sincerely

Mary Bartlett

Mary Bartlett | Acting Information Governance Manager
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Claire McWilliams,

I refer to my acknowledgement on 7 July of your request for information
regarding tenders for WEEE under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act.

I am pleased to now be in a position to respond to your request.

Information requested Our response
1. Date of the next tender for No tenders have been undertaken for
"Collection and Disposal of WEEE this by the Trust. There is a very
(Waste Electrical and Electronic low disposal rate of equipment which
Equipment) and batteries. comes under the WEEE regulations. We
mainly try to dispose of this
equipment via the original/new
supplier, or via sales at medical
equipment auctions.
2. A copy of the previous No tender undertaken
successful tender for the collection
and disposal of WEEE.

We are aware this response will automatically be published. In view of
this, we have considered whether we would give permission for re-use of
this information in this way if this had been sought as required under the
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations. We confirm our permission
for this by responding to this e-mail address.

I trust this provides you with the information you sought but please feel
free to contact me if you require further clarification of the information
provided, or to discuss any aspect of our response to your request.
However, if you are dissatisfied with our response, you also have the
right to make use of the following complaints procedure:

. In the first instance you may write to the Chief Executive of
this Trust

Mr Ken Wenman

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Abbey Court

Eagle Way

Exeter EX2 7HY

Mr Wenman will then either make arrangements for your complaint to be
reviewed and for the outcome to be communicated to you, or will convene a
panel of Trust Directors to consider an appeal against a decision to
withhold information.

. If you are unhappy with the response to your complaint, or
findings of the Panel, you can write to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office,

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire. SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 700

Fax: 01625 524 510

Yours sincerely

Mary Bartlett

Mary Bartlett | Acting Information Governance Manager
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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