Meat Plant Tender and Costs

Summary

The request sought details on the meat plant tender outcome and subvention payments made by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture. The authority disclosed that the tender decision was pending after presentations and confirmed £500,000 in payments were made since April 2017.

Key Facts

• The tender assessment was conducted on 6th September 2017 by officers from three departments.
• Tenderers were invited to make presentations to the assessing committee.
• The final outcome of the tender process was expected shortly after the presentations.
• Full tender details were scheduled to be published on the Procurement Services webpage.
• The Department paid £500,000 in subvention payments to the Meat Plant since April 2017.

Data Disclosed

• 6th September 2017
• April 2017
• £500,000
• 2017-10-10
• 2017-10-25
• IM106339I

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

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 Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture

  Rheynn Chymmyltaght, Bee as Eirinys

25th October 2017

Dear

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (FoIA) Ref: IM106339I, Meat Plant tender and costs
Thank you for your request dated 10th October 2017.
You asked: In relation to the operation of the meat plant, and the tender process has a preferred tender been accepted, if so the name of the successful tender.

How much monies has the Dept. paid to the meat plant in the current financial year?

Response to your request Our aim is to provide information wherever possible and in this instance we confirm that we do hold some information to answer your request. Q.1 In relation to the operation of the meat plant, and the tender process has a preferred tender been accepted, if so the name of the successful tender.

The tenders were initially assessed by officers from this Department, the Department of Infrastructure and the Department of Economic Development on 6th September 2017. The tenderers have now been invited to make a presentation to the assessing committee and the outcome of the tender process should be decided shortly after this has taken place.

As previously advised, once the tender process has been concluded, the full details of the process will be published on the Procurement Services webpage - https://www.gov.im/media/383300/notification-of- tender-results-sept-2017.pdf.

Q.2 How much monies has the Dept. paid to the meat plant in the current financial year?

I can confirm that since April 2017 the Department has paid £500,000 in subvention payments to the Meat Plant.

Corporate Services Directorate, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road,
St John’s, Isle of Man, IM4 3AS Tel no (01624) Fax no (01624 685851 Email: defa@gov.im
www.gov.im

Quoting Ref: IM106339I Your Ref:

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