Coning and signage

Summary

The requester asked for specific details on the purchase or rental costs of cones and signage for the Douglas Promenade repair. The Department of Infrastructure responded that the equipment was neither owned nor leased by the government, but supplied as part of a larger traffic management tender where individual costs are not separately indicated.

Key Facts

• The cones and signage are neither owned nor leased by the Isle of Man Government.
• The equipment was supplied as part of a tender for the entire traffic management scheme.
• Individual costs for cones and signage are not separately indicated in the tender sum.
• The total tender sum for the traffic management resource was £355,988.26.
• The response references a previous FOI request (872665) regarding the same project.

Data Disclosed

• £355,988.26
• 2019-07-22
• 2019-07-24
• 894061
• 872665

Original Request

Further to FoI request 872665, 'What is the cost of coning and signage for the repair of Douglas Promenade', please state where the cones were obtained/purchased from? If the cones were not purchased and are being rented, please state the daily rental per cone and time period for rental, the budget for this outlay and from who the cones are being rented from? If the cones are a blend of purchased and rented, apportion the costs as per the above criteria.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: DPO-DOI@gov.im

Our ref: 894061 24 July 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 22 July 2019 and which states: "Further to FoI request 872665, 'What is the cost of coning and signage for the repair of Douglas Promenade', please state where the cones were obtained/purchased from? If the cones were not purchased and are being rented, please state the daily rental per cone and time period for rental, the budget for this outlay and from who the cones are being rented from? If the cones are a blend of purchased and rented, apportion the costs as per the above criteria."

In our reply we have included the information from our response to the substantially similar previous FOI request (872665) for ease of reading. “The cost of an ongoing traffic management resource including the coning and signage for the repair of Douglas Promenade is £355,988.26.” The figure quoted is the total Tender sum submitted by the Contractor to provide various aspects of traffic management for the duration of the scheme. As such the cost of the cones and signage, being just one part of the traffic management scheme,
is not separately indicated.
For clarity therefore, the cones and signs being used on the project are neither owned nor leased by the Isle of Man Government. The tender was for the supply, locating, relocating and use of all traffic management equipment including signs and cones during the scheme. Please quote the reference number 894061 in any future communications.

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FOI Response Team