FOI release

FOI22/23-027 - Call off contracts

Published 18 January 2023

Our ref: FOI22/23-027

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your email of 30 May in which you requested from the Insolvency Service:

“I am doing a research project investigating call-off contracts in the public sector. I have identified some potential call-off contracts awarded by the Insolvency Service, but I can’t find details of the framework agreements they were awarded from.

I have attached an Excel file that contains the information I am looking at. The last two columns (“Title of framework used” and “Contracts Finder or TED link of framework agreement”) is where I am missing information - please could you fill these in.

Please note that I have identified these contracts as possible call-off contracts, so some of them might not be. Some could be, for instance, procured directly (without being called off from a framework agreement), or could be themselves notices of the establishment of a framework agreement. Therefore, I would kindly ask you to specify in these incidences what kind of procurement was used in the “Title of framework used” column.

I have provided the title, description, details of the email contact from the notice, the publication date, and procedure type used to award each potential call-off, as well as a URL link to the call-off in question and a unique reference ID for each potential call-off. Please let me know if there is anything else you need to complete the request.”

Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

I can confirm the agency holds the information that you have requested and it is attached to this email

If you are not satisfied with the response we have provided you and would like us to reconsider our decision by way of an internal review (IR), please contact our Information Rights Team at foi@insolvency.gov.uk or by post at:

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Kind regards

Information Rights Team

The Insolvency Service