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Sunday 22 December 2024
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_7643

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7643

Date Request Received: 03/01/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 05/02/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Business Case and deliverables

Request Category: Private Individuals




 
Question Number 1:
Given the on-going cost of living crisis I am interested in how public funded bodies scrutinize the need for contractor support and test the availability of internal resources/engage with the competitive sourcing market before choosing a supplier and then contracting for the contractor support. I write regarding the Trusts transparency publication of expenditure over £25,000 in July of 2023 which was published at the following Internet address:

https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salisbury.nhs.uk%2Fmedia%2Fskzg1o5x%2Fjuly2023.csv&data=05%7C02%7CSFT.FreedomofInformation%40nhs.net%7Ceda4596a4eb347413cd408dc0bd56fd1%7C37c354b285b047f5b22207b48d774ee3%7C0%7C0%7C638398258540344546%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cGq%2Bn2s3Aji062nATj0Q3KmA%2BKdd5l9SMo3HWrC5khI%3D&reserved=0

I am interested in the following line item within the above linked file:

Department Family : Department of Health Entity : SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Date : 31/07/2023 Expense Type : Professional Fees Expense area : FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Supplier : LIAISON Transaction Number : 83358 Amount : 23,758.31 VAT registration Number : GB 614000900

Under the Freedom of Information Act I write to ask for:

1. A copy of the Business Case (iaw HM Treasury "Managing Public Money") for this expenditure.

 
Answer To Question 1:
1. Business Case not applicable for provision of this service

 
Question Number 2:
2. A copy of the contract relevant to this expenditure.
 
Answer To Question 2:
See attached - Rolling contract

To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below:

 VAT-services-TCs.pdf
 
Question Number 3:
3. A copy of the Invoice for this expenditure.
 
Answer To Question 3:
See attached

To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below:

 Liaison Group Inv. No. 83358.pdf
 
Question Number 4:
4. A copy of all supporting information supporting the Invoice for this expenditure.
 
Answer To Question 4:
Commercially Sensitive - if the information was provided it could lead to identifying specific charges/fees. Please see exemption notice attached.
 
Question Number 5:
5. A copy of any written (ie .doc , .docx or .pdf) deliverable delivered to the Trust and invoiced under this invoice.
 
Answer To Question 5:
See 4 above.
Please see Attachments:
 
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