Request ID: FOI-3428-2223 Date published: 03 April 2023
You asked
In 2020, TfL announced their intention to select contractors for the 'London Rail Infrastructure Improvement Framework' (OJEU https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:236241-2020:HTML:EN:HTML&tabId=1&tabLang=en)
1. Please can you publish the names of the companies who were awarded framework contracts for Lot 1.1: Minor infrastructure improvement for works valued between GBP 0-GBP 4 000 000?
2. Please can you publish the names of the companies who were awarded framework contracts for Lot 1.2: Major infrastructure improvement for works valued above GBP 4 000 000?
3. Please can you list the contract title or scope, the name of the contractor and the value of each of the contracts awarded under each of Lot 1.1 and 1.2 (from framework inception to date?
Thank you.
We answered
TfL Ref: 3428-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 17 March 2023 asking for information about the 'London Rail Infrastructure Improvement Framework'.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. Your questions and our replies are as follows:
1. Please can you publish the names of the companies who were awarded framework contracts for Lot 1.1: Minor infrastructure improvement for works valued between GBP 0-GBP 4 000 000? 2. Please can you publish the names of the companies who were awarded framework contracts for Lot 1.2: Major infrastructure improvement for works valued above GBP 4 000 000?
The names of the Contractors awarded a place on the Infrastructure Improvement Framework are published on the ‘find a tender’ website at the following link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008078-2022 on the 25 March 2022 at 7:17am. Please see below a copy of the published notice to the message.
3. Please can you list the contract title or scope, the name of the contractor and the value of each of the contracts awarded under each of Lot 1.1 and 1.2 (from framework inception to date?
Please see the attached document with the information. Please note that the contract values have not been disclosed as they are 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 the suppliers’ commercial interests by disclosing details of their pricing which would benefit their competitors; disclosure of this information would also prejudice future tendering opportunities and negotiations for both TfL and its suppliers and would hamper the likelihood of TfL obtaining the best value for money when tendering for contracts.
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.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
