Request ID: FOI-2140-2122 Date published: 19 January 2022
You asked
Dear TfL, please can you shares the nature of services contract with Lemongrass. I cannot find it in the Contracts awarded Database, awarded back in 2019. I understand they migrated the SAP ERP system onto AWS and have been supporting SAP BASIS.
A re you able to share the redacted contract as appropriate and when their services come for renewal please.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-2140-2122/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 17 December 2021 asking for information about a contract with Lemongrass.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.
Please find attached a copy of the contract with Lemongrass. Please note that some information has been redacted as it is subject to a statutory exemption to the right of access to information under section 43(2). In this instance the section 43(2) exemption has been applied as disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice our commercial interests, as well as those of Lemongrass. Disclosure of this information could hinder the ability of Lemongrass to competitively tender for similar contracts in the future as well as hinder TfL’s ability to negotiate the best value for money for similar services in the future.
The use of this exemption is subject to an assessment of the public interest in relation to the disclosure of the information concerned. We recognise the need for openness and transparency by public authorities, particularly where the expenditure of public money is concerned, but in this instance the public interest in ensuring that we are able to obtain the best value for public money outweighs the general public interest in increasing transparency of our processes.
In accordance with TfL’s obligations under Data Protection legislation some personal data has also been removed, as required by section 40(2) of the FOI Act. This is because disclosure of this personal data would be a breach of the legislation, specifically the first principle which requires all processing of personal data to be fair and lawful. It would not be fair to disclose this personal information when the individuals have no expectation it would be disclosed and TfL has not satisfied one of the conditions which would make the processing ‘fair’.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
