FOI Request 2037

Subject: Facilities Management

Status: Complete

Date received: July 2024

Question Asked:

I would like the organisation to review my freedom of information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management specifically around the services below:

1. Office and building cleaning - Service contract that is focused around office, commercial and building cleaning services.

2. Lift service and maintenance - Service contract for lift service and maintenance.

3. Food - Service contract that is focused around catering services.

4. General waste services contracts - The organisation’s primary general waste service contract.

5. Laundry services - where clothes and linen can be washed and ironed.

1. Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract

2. Supplier/Provider of the services

3. Total Annual Spend - The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above

4. A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract

5. The number of sites the contract covers

6. [ONLY FOR LIST CONTRACT] The Brand name of the type of lifts used by the organisation

7. The start date of the contract

8. The end date of the contract

9. The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period

10. Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? Name, Job Title, Contact Number and Email Address

Our Response:

Please see our response below to FOI 2037

1. Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract

Not sure what this means - please clarify?

2. Supplier/Provider of the services

Available on the Authority’s website

3. Total Annual Spend - The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above

Value should be provided but this information is also available on the Authority’s website each month

4. A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract

Available on the Authority’s website

The first 4 services Contract information can be found by following the link, there isn’t a laundry contract in place currently.

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Spend can be found at the link below, which gives details of invoices paid over £500 which are published on Cheshire Fire Authority’s website each month:

Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service - What we spend

5. The number of sites the contract covers

The catering contract covers 1 site, the cleaning contract covers 30.

6. [ONLY FOR LIST CONTRACT] The Brand name of the type of lifts used by the organisation

There are platform lists at Chester and very recently Crewe and these lifts were supplied by Gartec Lifts UK.

The passenger lifts at Powey Lane and Lymm Safety Central were supplied by Stannah Lifts.  The passenger list at CFRS Headquarters is a Kone. The platform lift at CFRS HQ is a Sites.

7. The start date of the contract

Available on the Authority’s website

8. The end date of the contract

Available on the Authority’s website

9. The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period

Available on the Authority’s website

10. Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? Name, Job Title, Contact Number and Email Address

All of these contracts are Estates & Facilities, the Head is Steve McGlade, telephone 01606 364495, email address steve.mcglade@cheshire.police.uk

Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO