Courier services: SSAC FOI response
Updated 25 June 2018
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Information request
Received 1 April 2018
Please send me details for the period 2017-18 on the following:
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The total value of the courier service contracts that were outsourced?
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The name of your primary and any secondary Courier supplier
The value of your primary supplier contract, its expiry date and the services they provide (e.g. same day/next-day/overnight)
The value of your secondary supplier’s contract, its expiry date and the and services they provide (e.g. same day/next-day/overnight)
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The total cost of the courier services that were managed in-house?
The number of staff employed in managing those contracts
The number of vehicles owned or leased to meet the in-house courier requirement
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The name and email of the person responsible for the procurement/management of these services?
If this request is unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requester.
If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary?
If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed.
Response
30 April 2018
The Social Security Advisory Committee does not hold the information you require. The committee is an independent non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions which procures the courier services we use. I understand that you should have received a response from DWP on this same issue.