FOI request detail

Service Specification for the route 323

Request ID: FOI-3370-1819
Date published: 25 March 2019

You asked

Hi there the route 323 is up for tender this year and I would like to receive the 2019 Service Specification for this year.

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-3370-1819

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 11 March 2019.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act TfL’s information access policy. I can confirm TfL does hold the information you require. You asked:

The route 323 is up for tender this year and I would like to receive the 2019 Service Specification for this year.

However, in accordance with the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply the requested information as it is subject to a statutory exemption to the right of access to information under section 43(2). There is currently a tender process underway for bus route 323 and disclosure of any documents linked to the tender process at this time would prejudice our commercial interests. Releasing the requested information could hinder TfL’s ability to negotiate the best value for money for similar services currently being tendered for.

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.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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