Department for
Resources and Regulation
Stephen Kenyon CPFA
Assistant Director
Resources (Finance & Efficiency)
Town Hall
Knowsley Street
Bury BL9 0SWT
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Dear Mr Jenkins,
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
I write in response to your request via the What Do They Know website requesting information about contract expiry dates and future procurement arrangements. I am happy to provide the responses to your questions as follows:-
- HR and Payroll services are internally delivered services and as such there is no contract or expiry date
- Our contract for BACS payment software is renewed annually. The current contract expires on 31.03.2016
- Whether these services will be tendered online will depend on the procurement strategy for these services. Procurement options will be considered and will include whether to use an existing public sector procurement framework, in which case our requirements would not be openly advertised. If we decide to undertake our own direct procurement process and the anticipated contract value exceeds £25,000 we will advertise the requirement on our e-tendering portal (The Chest) and Contracts Finder
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Assistant Director of Legal & Democratic Services
Bury Council
Knowsley Street
Bury, BL9 0SW
For transparency purposes, it is now the Council's policy to advise on the costs of dealing with each Freedom of Information request. Please note that to deal with this request it has cost the Council £25.
Should you have any queries regarding this, please contact me on the number above.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Janusz
Head of Strategic Procurement & Project Planning