FOI release

FOI2024/00042: Contract Register, Procurement Strategy, and Contact Details

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 FOI2024/00042

Published 1 May 2024

Request

Request Received: 22 January 2024

I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information request for information related to the organisation's contracts register, procurement strategy document, and contact details. Please find the detailed requests below:

1. Contract Register Request:

I am seeking the full and entirety of the organisation's contract register or database. The register should include the following columns/headings or something similar:

• Contract Reference -Unique reference number associated with the contract

• Contract Title

• Procurement Category

• Supplier Name

• Spend (Total, Annual or contract value)

• Contract Duration

• Contract Extensions

• Contract Start Date

• Contract Expiry Date

• Contract Description [Please provide me with as much detail as possible.]

• Contact Owner (Person that manages the contract register)

• Contact details of section 151 officer

• CPV codes/Pro-Class

If any of the headings within your contract register has not been provided, please state this within your response. Please provide the contract's register file in Excel format.

2. Procurement Strategy Document Request:

• Can the organisation provide a full version of their Procurement Strategy for the fiscal year 2023-2024?

• If the Procurement Strategy is a strategic direction (2022-2025) instead of an annual plan, please provide an update document for 2023-2024. If an update cannot be provided, please provide information on when an update is planned to be published.

• We require the full document. If any parts of this document have been removed, please state this within your response.

3. Contact Details Request:

• Provide contact details of the person responsible for API or data sharing, including [Name, Job Title, Telephone, Email Address].

• Provide contact details of the person responsible for the actual contract's register, including [Name, Job Title, Telephone, Email Address].

IMPORTANT:

1. If the organisation has a CRM system or a similar system, ensure there is a facility to download and extract contract data.

2. If providing a weblink to a portal, ensure that all contracts are included, as some organisations may only upload a small portion of their contracts.

3. For organisations planning to make an exemption around spend, clarify that the spend information requested is an overall figure, and a complete breakdown is not required.

Response

Response Sent: 15 February 2024

Full details of this response are provided in the attached documents.

Documents

• FOI2024-00042 Live Contracts Export -.xlsx (1.9 MB)
• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2024_00042_Redacted.pdf (280.1 KB)

This is UK Research and Innovation's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.

You can browse our other responses or make a new FOI request.