Meat Plant - successful proposal & tender process costs

Summary

The requester asked for the successful proposal and tender costs for the Isle of Man Meat Plant, but the authority disclosed that the tender was cancelled and no winning proposal exists. The only costs provided were for advertising the Prior Information Notice, totaling £609.60, as officer time was covered by daily duties.

Key Facts

• The tender for the Meat Plant procurement was cancelled, so there is no winning proposal.
• Plans for the new operation were presented to the industry on 11 December 2017.
• The only recorded costs for the tender process were for advertisements in the local press and Meat Trades Journal.
• Officer time spent assessing tenders was completed as part of daily duties and not separately costed.
• The response was issued by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture on 20 December 2017.

Data Disclosed

• 2017-12-08
• 2017-12-20
• 11th of December 2017
• £609.60
• IM113094I

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

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 Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture

  Rheynn Chymmyltaght, Bee as Eirinys

20th December 2017

Dear

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (FoIA) Ref: IM113094I Thank you for your request dated 8th December 2017.
You asked: A copy of the successful proposal for the running of the meat plant. Any costs associated with the tender process.

Response to your Request:

1) A copy of the successful proposal for the running of the meat plant.

There was no winning tender for the Meat Plant procurement as the tender was ‘cancelled’. The plans for the new operation of the Meat Plant were presented to the industry on the 11th of December 2017 and are published here https://www.gov.im/media/1359679/meat-plant-industry-presentation-11th-december- 2017.pdf

2) Any costs associated with the tender process.

We do not hold any data on the cost of the tender except for the adverts in relation to the ‘Prior Information Notice’. The adverts cost a total of £609.60 ex VAT and appeared in the local press and the Meat Trades Journal. All officer time in assessing the tenders was completed as part of daily duties.

Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your Freedom of Information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post to the sender of this letter at the address above. An electronic version of the relevant complaint form can be found by going to our website at www.gov.im/foireview. If you would like a paper version of the complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact us and we will be happy to arrange

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

Quoting Ref: IM113094I Your Ref:

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Yours sincerely