CADEIRYDD/CHAIRMAN: JOHN LLOYD JONES OBE PRIF WEITHREDWR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE: ROGER THOMAS
Anfonwch eich ateb at/Please reply to: Bruce Jackson- Cyfeiriad Isod/Address Below
Llinell Union/Direct Line: 01248387309 Ffacs/Fax: 01248355782
Ebost/Email:
Ein cyf/Our ref:ATI 000688
Eich cyf/Your ref:
08/09/2011
Dear Mr Hubb
YOUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION – Winning Tender Documents Cleaning North Region Offices
Thank you for your recent request for information which has been allocated Request Number ATI688.
You requested the following information:
“please would it be possible to see the winning tender documents including costs submitted for the recently advertised tender for your offices/locations in north wales” (sic).
After careful consideration, we are able to respond in part by providing you with some of the information you requested.
I have enclosed a copy of the information (MITIE's Tender to the Countryside Council for Wales
for the Provision of Cleaning Services) we are able to supply in respect of the tender documents aspect of your request.
We regret to inform you that we are unable to provide you with some information, the specific financial details of the winning tender, as it falls under the exemption in Regulation 43 of the Freedom of Information Act (2000) which relates to commercial prejudice and trade secrets.
In applying this exemption we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the public interest in disclosure. The attached annex sets out the exemption in full, as well as the factors we considered in deciding where the public interest lay.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint, please refer to our enclosed Complaints and Appeals Procedure.
Yours sincerely
Bruce Jackson
Access to Information Officer
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1. Complaints and Appeals Procedure
2. Control of Usage of Information Provided
3. Public Interest Test Proforma
4. Tender Matrix for Cleaning Contract
5. MitieTender Provision Cleaning Services
CONTROL OF USAGE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED
Copyright
CCW own the copyright and other intellectual property rights to the information provided in response to you information request.
The supply of information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) or the Environmental Information Regulations (2004), does not give the recipient rights to re-use the documents in a way that would infringe copyright, for example, by making multiple copies, publishing, issuing copies to the public, or posting it on the internet.
Appeals
If you are not happy with our refusal to release information and wish to appeal, you should write to Adrian Williams, Director of Planning & Resources, (Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DW) who will consider your appeal (unless he was involved in the original decision to refuse information, in which case another director will consider the appeal). Explain your appeal and mention any letters you have already sent us.
If you are still not satisfied you have a right of appeal to:
Information Commissioner’s Office , Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow,Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone: 01625545700 or e-mail:
Complaints Procedure
If you wish to make a complaint about the way your request was handled by CCW, use our formal Complaints Procedure Write to Adrian Williams, Director of Planning & Resources, (Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DW). He will investigate your complaint thoroughly and reply within two weeks of receiving your letter.
If you are still not happy, write to Roger Thomas, Chief Executive (Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DW). Explain your complaint and mention any letters you have already sent us.
If you feel that the Chief Executive has not handled your case properly, you can refer
your case to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone:01625545700 or e-mail:
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