I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.
CPF1943-20 Devon County Council Tree Management Framework ‘ Tree Safety Inspection and Tree Surgery:
The details we require are:
1. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this framework contract?
Leroy Venn – Business Services Manager – Corporate Assets
2. Is there an extension clause in the framework contract and, if so, what is the duration of the extension?
There is no extension clause. The current contract ends on the 31st of March 2025.
3. Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework contract will be extended?
There is no option to extend, but it is anticipated that a replacement contract will be procured to be in place from the 1st April 2025.
4. Actual spend on this framework contract, from the start of the contract to the current date?
Devon County Council does not hold this information. We estimate that from 1st April 2021 – 24th September 2023, Devon County Council’s (DCC’s) spend on the contract is £2,027,041.15. The reason this is an estimate is because DCC’s financial systems identify payments to a particular contractor but do not specifically identify which contract those payments are being paid against , so if a contractor has won work on more than one DCC contract (especially if they overlap in function in some way) it is not possible to accurately identify which contract the payments relate to.