FOI release

Facilities Management contract information

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2024/01296

Received 30 July 2024

Published 16 August 2024

Request

You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following. I would like the organisation to review my freedom of information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management specifically around the services below:

1. Office and building cleaning – Service contract that is focused around office, commercial and building cleaning services.

2. Lift service and maintenance – Service contract for lift service and maintenance.

3. Food – Service contract that is focused around catering services.

4. General waste services contracts – The organisation’s primary general waste service contract.

5. Laundry services - where clothes and linen can be washed and ironed. Questions:

1. Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract:

2. Supplier/Provider of the services

3. Total Annual Spend – The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above.

4. A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract.

5. The number of sites the contract covers

6. [ONLY FOR LIFT CONTRACT] The Brand name of the type of lifts used by the organisation

7. The start date of the contract

8. The end date of the contract

9. The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period.

10. Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? Name, job title, contact number and email address.

Response

You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following.

 

I would like the organisation to review my freedom of information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management specifically around the services below:

 

1.      Office and building cleaning – Service contract that is focused around office, commercial and building cleaning services.

 

2.      Lift service and maintenance – Service contract for lift service and maintenance.

 

3.      Food – Service contract that is focused around catering services.

 

4.      General waste services contracts – The organisation’s primary general waste service contract.

 

5.      Laundry services - where clothes and linen can be washed and ironed.

 

Questions:

 

1.       Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract:

 

2.       Supplier/Provider of the services

 

3.       Total Annual Spend – The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above.

 

4.       A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract.

 

5.       The number of sites the contract covers

Office and building cleaning

 

          A: 44 sites

 

Lift service and maintenance

 

          A: 24 sites covered for lift maintenance

 

Food

 

          A: 1 - Canteen at Herefordshire Council Plough Lane Office

 

 

General waste services contracts

 

A: Administrative sites: Trade Residual Waste = 25 Sites, trade Recycling =  23 Sites   Schools residual = 50, Schools recycling = 46

 

Laundry services

 

          A: Herefordshire council does not hold a contract for this service.

 

6.       [ONLY FOR LIFT CONTRACT] The Brand name of the type of lifts used by the organization

 

          A:

 

Lift Type

Manufacturer 

Platform 

Phoenix 

Platform 

Cibes A5000 

Passenger/Goods Pass Lift 

Becker  

Passenger/Goods Pass Lift

Otis 

Traction Pass lift 

Otis 

Passenger MRL Pass lift 

Kone 

Passenger/Goods Pass Lift 2014

Kone 

Ext. Platform lift 

Cama 

Int. Platform lift 

Thyssenkrupp 

Passenger/Goods Pass Lift

Hammond & Champness 

Incline Stairlift 

Hiro 

Passenger/Goods  (even no. floors)

Keighley 

Passenger/Goods Pass Lift

Pickerings 

Platform 

Wessex 

Platform 

IGV 

Passenger/Goods Pass Lift

GMV 

Platform 

Cama 

Passenger/Goods Pass Lift

Pickerings 

Goods 

Balmatic 

Vertical Platform 

Phoenix 

Passenger/Goods Pass Lift

Orona 

 

 

7.       The start date of the contract

 

8.       The end date of the contract

 

9.       The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period.

 

The information requested in questions 1,2,3,4,7,8 and 9 is publically available on Herefordshire Council’s Contracts Register and can be viewed via the following link:

 

Contracts register – Herefordshire Council

 

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

 

 

 

10.     Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? Name, job title, contact number and email address.

 

Office and building cleaning

 

          A: Head of Chief Executive’s Office, Joni.Hughes@herefordshire.gov.uk

 

Lift service and maintenance

 

          A: Maintenance Officer,           PropertyServicesMaintenanceTeam@herefordshire.gov.uk

 

Food

 

          A: Head of Chief Executive’s Office, Joni.Hughes@herefordshire.gov.uk

 

General waste services contracts

 

A: Faye Royles, Facilities & Resource Manager, Faye.Royles@herefordshire.gov.uk

 

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