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FOI 114 - Contract information

Updated 2 February 2022

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Our ref: FOI21/22-114

Date: 17 December 2021

Dear

1. Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your email of 24 November in which you requested from the Insolvency Service:

Data Management with Address Validation:

The details we require are:

  • Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each contract and were successful and not successful.

  • Actual spend on this contract from the start of the contract to the current date

  • Start date and duration of the contract?

  • Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?_

  • Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?

  • Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is being either extended or renewed?

  • Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

I can confirm the agency holds the information that you have requested and I have provided answers to your questions below:

  • Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each contract and were successful and not successful._

This Contract was sourced via G-Cloud. As such, there is no Tender process. The G-cloud sourcing process was followed accordingly.

  • Actual spend on this contract from the start of the contract to the current date_

Contract Value can be found using the Contracts Finder Notice. Actual spend will not be shared. https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d7ab2b2d-c687-4135-8bc3-1e5cb9e49afb

  • Start date and duration of the contract?

This information is available via the Contracts Finder Notice: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d7ab2b2d-c687-4135-8bc3-1e5cb9e49afb

  • Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?

The G-cloud process was followed and therefore the was no ‘bidding’ process or list of ‘bidders’. The Suppliers Service Description should be reviewed for any further detail required.

  • Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?

This information is available via the Contracts Finder Notice, specifically the Redacted Contract attached to it: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d7ab2b2d-c687-4135-8bc3-1e5cb9e49afb

  • Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is being either extended or renewed?

This Contract, along with another offering overlapping services is currently being reviewed for a consolidated sourcing exercise. As such, this information is withheld under S43 of FOIA as it is commercially sensitive.

  • Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

The name of the officer responsible for the contract is personal data and is therefore exempt under S40 (2) of the FOIA

If you are not satisfied with the response we have provided you and would like us to reconsider our decision by way of an internal review (IR), please contact our Information Rights Team at foi@insolvency.gov.uk or by post at:

Information Rights Team
The Insolvency Service
3rd Floor
Cannon House
18 Priory Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6FD
United Kingdom

You also have the right to contact the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) if you wish for them to investigate any complaint you may have regarding our handling of your request. However, please note that the ICO is likely to expect an IR to have been completed in the first instance.

Kind regards

Information Rights Team

The Insolvency Service

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Official receivers and the Adjudicator are Data Controllers in respect of personal data processed by the Insolvency Service. For the details about how personal data is processed by the agency, please see the full Insolvency Service Personal Information Charter here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service/about/personal-information-charter

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