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Office supplies contract

Request date
18 May 2024

Outcome
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Request

Please can you respond to the following request for Information. The details I require are:

  1. Spend on Office supplies and associated products for the financial years - 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023 and 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024
  2. Start date & duration of Contract?
  3. Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?
  4. Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is to be either extended or renewed?
  5. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for the contract?
  6. Name of Incumbent Supplier?
  7. How long have you traded with them?
  8. If you publish your register of contracts and purchasing, can you please provide a website link.
  9. In addition, can you confirm if you have a contract in place for Tail End Spend.

Response

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

The Gambling Commission responses to your enquiries are as follows:

  1. Spend on Office supplies and associated products for the below financial years.

• 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023 (£3396.85)

• 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024 (£14293.61)

  1. Start date & duration of Contract?

Start: 4th January 2021

End: 3rd January 2025.

  1. Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?

No.

  1. Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is to be either extended or renewed?

Contract will be re-procured under Crown Commercial Framework Agreement.

Current Contract was let under Crown Commercial Services Framework Agreement RM6059 Lot 1.

Future contract most likely to be purchased under prevailing Crown Commercial Services Framework for Stationery.

For more advice on how we conduct our procurement I would refer you to our web-site: Procurement - Supplying to the Gambling Commission

  1. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for the contract?

The job title of the person from within the organisation responsible for this contracts is - Procurement Manager. Any enquiries can be directed to - procurement@gamblingcommission.gov.uk

  1. Name of Incumbent Supplier?

Banner Business Supplies.

  1. How long have you traded with them?

2012

  1. If you publish your register of contracts and purchasing, can you please provide a website link.

Copy of award notice published on Contracts Finder attached.

  1. In addition, can you confirm if you have a contract in place for Tail End Spend.

We don’t have any contracts of that nature, nor do we have any plans to put in place any such contract.

Review of the decision

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your Freedom of Information request you are entitled to an internal review of our decision. You should write to FOI Team, Gambling Commission, 4th floor, Victoria Square House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B2 4BP or by reply to this email.

Please note, internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the initial response. Requests made outside this timeframe will not be processed.

If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have already exhausted the review procedure provided by the Gambling Commission.

The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office (opens in a new tab), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Information Management Team
Gambling Commission
Victoria Square House
Victoria Square
Birmingham B2 4BP

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