West Coast Partnership draft franchise agreement - Attachment B; supplementary information
Dear Department for Transport,
This request is made in response to your letter of 25th June in relation to my request of 28th May titled "West Coast Partnership draft franchise agreement - Attachment B". In your response, you stated that "It is clearly important that any draft, incomplete and/or unfinished information relating to the West Coast Partnership is not made public, as to do so would mislead the public into thinking that decisions have been made when in fact they have not."
The draft franchise agreement contained in Attachment B would clearly be an essential part of the documentation that potential bidders would rely on in preparing their bids. they would therefore need to be aware of 'any draft, incomplete and/or unfinished information' in the draft franchise agreement. They may have been made aware of this either through wording within the draft franchise agreement or documentation provided separately.
I therefore request any documentation provided to potential bidders for the West Coast Partnership that describes 'any draft, incomplete and/or unfinished information' in the draft franchise agreement. This will enable he public to have the full picture of the status of the contents of the draft franchise agreement, so they will not be misled 'into thinking that decisions have been made when in fact they have not'.
This request is made both under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Yours faithfully,
Layla
Dear Layla,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request for information which
has been allocated reference number P0016246.
I am also acknowledging receipt of your letter that was received today.
A response to your FOI will be issued to you in due course.
Regards,
Department for Transport
FOI Advice Team
Digital Service
Zone D/04
Ashdown House
Sedlescombe Road North
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN37 7GA
Dear Layla
Please find attached a response to your information request, reference
number F0016246.
Yours sincerely,
[1]cid:image001.png@01D42B01.A97F4940 Mr Michael Evans
Senior Correspondence
Manager, Briefing and
Public Affairs, Passenger
Services
4/15, Great Minster House
33 Horseferry Road,
London, SW1P 4DR
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