FOI release

term maintenance contracts and expenditure

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Case reference FOI2026/02484

Received 14 October 2026

Published 29 October 2026

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following recorded information about your council’s externally supplied term maintenance contracts for council buildings, facilities and any council-operated care homes. Please could you provide:

1. Details of the current contracts, including supplier names, contract references, start and end dates, any extension options and annual spend.

2. Actual spend under these contracts, and any predecessor contracts, for each of the last three financial years: 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26, broken down by supplier where held. Please state whether figures include VAT.

3. Any recorded plans for retendering or replacing these contracts, including the anticipated procurement route, relevant framework name and reference where applicable, and expected tender date. If no plans are recorded, please confirm this.

Please identify any different arrangements for council-operated care homes. An electronic response, preferably in Excel or CSV, would be appreciated.

Response

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following recorded information about your council’s externally supplied term maintenance contracts for council buildings, facilities and any council-operated care homes.

Please could you provide:

1. Details of the current contracts, including supplier names, contract references, start and end dates, any extension options and annual spend.

 

Answer: This information is publically available on The Herefordshire Council Website and can be viewed via the following link:

 

Council contracts register and future opportunities - Herefordshire Council

 

Please see the contracts below:

 

102357

102428

103646

103647

104730

104839

104844

104928

104958

105002

105397

105398

105399

105402

105502

105566

105625

106978

107223

107225

107226

107227

107228

107230

107231

107232

107233

107234

107235

107236

107238

107373

107374

107375

107376

107534

107599

107627

107696

 

 

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.



2. Actual spend under these contracts, and any predecessor contracts, for each of the last three financial years:
2023/24,

2024/25 and

2025/26, broken down by supplier where held.
Please state whether figures include VAT.

 

Answer: This information is publically available on the Herefordshire Council Website and can be viewed via the following link:

 

 

Council expenditure over £500 - 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.



3. Any recorded plans for retendering or replacing these contracts, including the anticipated procurement route, relevant framework name and reference where applicable, and expected tender date. If no plans are recorded, please confirm this.

 

Answer: The service area has advised that contracts follow procurement rules and regulations. Contracts are re tendered following Herefordshire Council procurement rules. Where a contracts term expires or value is close to exceeding a new contract tender will be submitted. How this contract is tendered will depend on the contracted value as per the Councils guidelines for procurement.

 



Please identify any different arrangements for council-operated care homes. An electronic response, preferably in Excel or CSV, would be appreciated.

 

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