Freedom of information response

Publication date:

Wednesday 10 April 2024

Request:

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.

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 areincluded 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:

	Office and building cleaning – Service contract that is focused around office, commercial and building cleaning services	Lift service and maintenance – Service contract for lift service and maintenance.	Food – Service contract that is focused around catering services.	General waste services contracts – The organisation’s primary general waste service contract.	Laundry services - where clothes and linen can be washed and ironed.
1. Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract:	We do not hold this information.	We do not hold this information.	This information can be found on the council traded services portal. Thurrock Traded Services	We do not hold this information	NA
2. Supplier/Provider of the services	Pinnacle Group	R J Lift Services	Thurrock Council – Catering Services	FCC Recycling (UK)Ltd	NA
3. Total Annual Spend – The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above.	This information can be found on our payments to suppliers information published on the council website.	This information can be found on our payments to suppliers information published on the council website.	This information can be found on our payments to suppliers information published on the council website.	This information can be found on our payments to suppliers information published on the council website.	NA
4. A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract.	Office and building cleaning services	Service, repair and Modernisation of Passenger Lifts	Catering Service for the provision of school meals. Hospitality Catering provision for events & functions Catering Service for the provision of HAF Catering Service for Residential groups at Grangewaters. Specialised ‘one off’ management support options including, menu planning, allergy reports, audits, food safety.	Disposal of residual waste from the Household Waste & Recycling Centre	NA
5. The number of sites the contract covers	65 sites in total	35 Housing Sites, 6 Sites 4 corporate landlord sites	35 Schools 4 corporate landlord sites	NA	NA
6. [ONLY FOR LIFT CONTRACT] The Brand name of the type of lifts used by the organisation	NA	There are various brands across all our sites – Kone, Apollo, Lester, Dunwoody, Thyssens, DAB, Schindler, Elie, Otis, Translift, Marryat & Scott,	NA	NA	NA
7. The start date of the contract	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	NA
8. The end date of the contract	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	NA
9. The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	This can be found on our contracts page on the council website.	NA
10. Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? Name, Job Title, contact number and email address.	Ops Manager / Head of Service	Contract Manager	Catering Manager	Contracts Manager	NA

In issuing our response the council have applied S21 of the Freedom of Information Act to Q3, 7, 8, 9.

This means that the information you have requested is already available elsewhere so is therefore exempt for disclosure.

The information you have requested is available at: Payments to suppliers | What we spend | Thurrock Council / Current contracts | Our contracts | Thurrock Council this will enable you to search for the information you have requested.

Q10 - Unfortunately we are unable to provide in full the information you have requested. We do hold the information but an absolute exemption applies. Personal Information (Section 40,2)

Personal data of any other person (third party data) is exempt under section 40(2) if disclosure would breach one of the data protection principles. This aspect of Section 40 is an Absolute Exemption and is therefore not subject to the Public Interest Test.

The names of officers working for the Council is personal data specific to them. It is therefore subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act. Information can be withheld if its disclosure would be likely to breach one or more of the Principles of the Data Protection Act. There is no prior expectation on the part of team Managers (or other officers working below the level of Director) that their names and job titles / positions would be published into the wider public domain under FOI. A disclosure made under FOI constitutes a publication to the world at large. We believe that to disclose this would be likely to breach the first Principle of the Data Protection Act by unfairly contravening their right to privacy and confidentiality in the work place.

Request reference:

FOI 13596