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planning and regulatory services software

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Case reference FOI2026/01352

Received 11 June 2026

Published 30 June 2026

Request

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below. Mini-competition for the procurement of a planning and regulatory services software replacement:

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/db1dccf9-46a8-4aca-96f8-d20fa5c77a1f

The details we require are:

Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages

Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots),

from the start of the contract to the current date

Start date & duration of framework/contract?

Who is the senior officer, and their role (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

Response

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.

Mini-competition for the procurement of a planning and regulatory services software replacement:

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/db1dccf9-46a8-4aca-96f8-d20fa5c77a1f

The details we require are:

Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages

A: All suppliers on the VAS Framework who met the mandatory criteria were invited to apply

No suppliers were removed from the process due to being unsuccessful at the PQQ or ITT stages / not meeting necessary criteria

Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date

A: Spend so far £ 443,348.77

Start date & duration of framework/contract?

A: This information is publically available and can be viewed via the following link:

Mini-competition for the procurement of a planning and regulatory services software replacement - Contracts Finder

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.

Who is the senior officer, and their role (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

A: Roger Allonby - Service Director Economy and Growth

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