24-25/06

I refer to your request for information dated 03 May 2024 (FOI 24-25 / 06) in which you submitted various queries regarding the facilities management contracts which GTCS has, specifically, around office and building cleaning, lift, food, waste and laundry services.

I can confirm that GTCS does not have a continuing service contract for food or laundry services and have therefore applied section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA) as information is not held with respect to these services.

Please see our responses to each of the queries posed in your request below.

The supplier for each of the services.

Office and building cleaning: Andron Facilities Management.

Lift service and maintenance: Caledonian Lift Services

General waste: NWH Group Limited

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The total annual spend for each contract per year.

Office and building cleaning: £14,161.92

Lift service and maintenance £2028.00

General waste: £2210.33

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Contract profile for each contract and description of the services.

Office and building cleaning: Regular cleaning of the office premises.

Lift service and maintenance: Regular servicing and maintenance of the passenger as well as the disabled and goods lift.

General waste: Regular uplift of general waste.

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The number of sites the contract covers.

All contracts apply to a single site.

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The brand name of the type of lift used by GTCS.

A Kone passenger and a Stannah impaired mobility platform / goods lift.

The start and end date as well as the duration of each contract including information on any extension periods.

Office and building cleaning: 1 October 2023 as an ongoing two-year contract.

Lift service and maintenance 01 February 2023 – 31 January 2026.

General waste: 01 May 2024 – 30 April 2025. A one year rolling contract unless cancelled.

The contact details of the person within the organisation responsible for each software contract including name, job title, email and contact number.

Please note that disclosing this information would amount to a disclosure of the personal information of the employees in breach of section 38(1)(b) of FOISA. As such, we are unable to provide you with the names, job titles, email addresses and contact numbers of the person within GTCS responsible for these contracts.

However, in keeping with our duty to provide advice and assistance under section 15 of FOISA we can provide you with the shared mailbox which administers these contracts as facilities@gtcs.org.uk.

If you are dissatisfied, you may contact informationgovernance@gtcs.org.uk to request GTCS conduct a review of this response. You should describe the original request and explain your grounds of review. You have 40 working days from receipt of this decision to submit a review request. When the review process has been completed, if you are still dissatisfied, you may use the Scottish Information Commissioner's guidance on making an appeal to make an appeal to the Commissioner.