FOI – 000290 Recyclates and General Waste Management framework agreement (HTML)
Date received – 10 November 2022 | Date responded – 05 December 2022
Request
In accordance with s.1 of the Act, which provides a general right of access to information held by public authorities, I wish to receive the following information:
Contract title: Recyclates and general waste management framework agreement across NHSS
Date of award of this notice: 30/09/2022
- A copy of the list of all bidders (company names) and, from those, the bidders who were successful
I request that any personal data relating to individuals is removed before this information is sent. Should the scorecards be unavailable I would request that the list of applicants only be submitted.
Use of Information
This information will be used only for RESEARCH purposes in gaining furthering understanding of the market to assist me in my studies and is not accessible by other means.
I can confirm that this information will be stored securely and used solely for the purposes for which it has been requested. I have the full support of the Information Commissioner’s Office in submitting this request.
It is not anticipated that the cost of compliance with this request will exceed the appropriate limit. Should this request be refused then full reasons must be provided in writing.
Exclusions
Please do not send personal data or financial/cost information as per S40 of the FOI Act.
I would like to thank you in advance for all your assistance with this request and look forward to your response.
Response
I refer to your freedom of information request that we received on 10 November 2022. I can advise you that we have now completed a search of our records and can provide you with the following information:
In accordance with s.1 of the Act, which provides a general right of access to information held by public authorities, I wish to receive the following information:
Contract title: Recyclates and general waste management framework agreement across NHSS
Date of award of this notice: 30/09/2022
- A copy of the list of all bidders (company names) and, from those, the bidders who were successful
I request that any personal data relating to individuals is removed before this information is sent. Should the scorecards be unavailable I would request that the list of applicants only be submitted.
Use of Information
This information will be used only for RESEARCH purposes in gaining furthering understanding of the market to assist me in my studies and is not accessible by other means.
I can confirm that this information will be stored securely and used solely for the purposes for which it has been requested. I have the full support of the Information Commissioner’s Office in submitting this request.
It is not anticipated that the cost of compliance with this request will exceed the appropriate limit. Should this request be refused then full reasons must be provided in writing.
Exclusions
Please do not send personal data or financial/cost information as per S40 of the FOI Act.
I would like to thank you in advance for all your assistance with this request and look forward to your response.
Please find attached Appendix 1 – All Bidders, for the information you have requested.
I trust you will find the information of assistance and if you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Contact
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Address
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