I am trying to understand the number of SME suppliers the public sector purchases from so please can you send me a list of all suppliers you purchase goods or services from and the annual value you bought from them in your last financial year.
Please see the following link Spending over £500 – Facts and Figures to view financial information on Devon County Councils spend. We do not hold information on the categorisation of the suppliers as if SME’s, as it is currently not captured.
Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. There are 19,648 records from the 2022/23 spend report, and we estimate it would take 30 seconds to a minute to review the suppliers and firstly determine if they provide services, goods or works and then review each one by googling and seeing if they are an SME. 19,648 x 30 seconds = 163 hours and 19,648 x 1 minute = 327 hours, therefore this would exceed 18 hours.