FI14759

Request

  1. Spend on Office supplies and associated products for the below financial years.
    1. 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023
    2. 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024
  2. Start date & duration of Contract?
  3. Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?
  4. Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is to be either extended or renewed?
  5. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for the contract?
  6. Name of Incumbent Supplier?
  7. How long have you traded with them?
  8. In addition, can you confirm if you have a contract in place for Tail End Spend.

Response

  1. This information is available on the Council’s website as part of the payment to suppliers and GPC transaction data and can be found at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Corporate-Information/Financial-Information/Payments-to-Suppliers/Payments-to-Suppliers.aspx and https://www.dover.gov.uk/Corporate-Information/Financial-Information/GPC/GPC-Transactions.aspx
  2. The Council has no contract for office supplies.
  3. Not applicable.
  4. Not applicable.
  5. Not applicable.
  6. Due to the reduced spend on stationery since covid/hybrid working and working towards a paperless office we do not have a stationery contract in place however, where stationery is required, we encourage staff to use DDC’s “Amazon Business Account” where we have the following set out in our Buying Policies: Prefer Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Prefer Local Sellers, Prefer items with Sustainability certificates, Products not sold by Amazon are blocked.
  7. Not applicable
  8. https://procontract.due-north.com/ContractsRegister/Index?v=2
  9. No