Herefordshire Councils use of Amazon in procurement
Case reference FOI2024/01685
Received 7 October 2024
Published 25 October 2024
Request
Please could you provide the following in respect of each of your previous 3 full financial years:
1. Is your organisation or any part of it is subscribed to Amazon Business? 2. Your annual turnover or operating budget.
3. Your total procurement spend (inc VAT), including via Purchase Order/Invoice, Purchasing/Procurement Card, and Direct Debit.
4. Your total procurement/purchasing spend (inc VAT) with Amazon, and its major subsidiaries, including Amazon Web Services.
5. How much of the total spend with Amazon and its major subsidiaries (detailed above) is for the purchase of vouchers for gifting/award or other purposes?
Response
Please could you provide the following in respect of each of your previous 3 full financial years:
1. Is your organisation or any part of it is subscribed to Amazon Business?
Answer: Herefordshire council is not subscribed to Amazon Business.
2. Your annual turnover or operating budget.
Answer:
2021/22 - £160.996 million Revenue budget
2022/23 - £175.908 million Revenue budget
2023/24 - £193.308 million Revenue budget
3. Your total procurement spend (inc VAT), including via Purchase Order/Invoice, Purchasing/Procurement Card, and Direct Debit.
Answer: Please be advised we are unable to provide the gross amount as the VAT is not charged to the service areas in question. However the net amounts are as follows:
2021/22 - £414.2 million
2022/23 - £479.0 million
2023/24 - £508 million
4. Your total procurement/purchasing spend (inc VAT) with Amazon, and its major subsidiaries, including Amazon Web Services.
Answer: Please be advised we are unable to provide the gross amount as the VAT is not charged to the service areas in question. However the net amounts are as follows:
2021/22 - £14,000
2022/23 - £20,000
2023/24 - £22,000
5. How much of the total spend with Amazon and its major subsidiaries (detailed above) is for the purchase of vouchers for gifting/award or other purposes
Answer:
2021/22 – £20.00
2022/23 - £700.00
2023/24 - £1,090.00
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