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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we requests the following information regarding the procurement of architectural design services by Wokingham Borough Council.
1. Procurement policies - Please provide copies of any standard policies, procedures, or internal guidance documents which govern the selection or appointment of external suppliers of architectural design services.
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a) Procurement templates or exemplars
Please provide copies of any template or exemplar documents used by your organisation in the preparation or conduct of procurement exercises for architectural design services. This may include, but is not limited to:
• Pre-qualification questionnaires
• Tender notices and associated tender documents
• Professional competency frameworks
• Conditions of participation
• Tender scoring or evaluation criteria
b) Recent procurement documentation
If your organisation does not use standard templates or exemplar documents as described above, please provide copies of any equivalent specific documents used in your most recent completed procurement exercise for architectural design services. Any commercially sensitive supplier information may be redacted.
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3. Procurement evaluations and reviews
Please provide copies of any documents relating to recent evaluations, reviews, or revisions of your organisation’s procurement processes specifically related to architectural design services. Please consider as recent any evaluations which took place following the passage of the Procurement Act 2023, or any evaluations which were informed by the progress of that Act, even where they were undertaken prior its passage into law.
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4. Appointments in the Last Five Years - Please provide a list of all companies or individuals appointed by your organisation to deliver architectural design services within the last five years.
As for architectural design services over the last five years, we’ve only appointed one that I can see on the contracts data in ProContracts, Steve Wells Associates Ltd from 20/02/2023 to 31/12/2025 for a cost of £36,000.