The Laurence development tender document (FOI)The Laurence development tender document (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
09 July 2024.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
Please provide a copy of the Government of Jersey tender that led to the Central Accommodation Service's deal with the Palladium Group to rent 16 apartments in the Laurence development, 113 Rouge Bouillion, from 28 June 2023 and 27 June 2025.
Response
“The Laurence” apartments were sourced in July 2023 to provide additional temporary housing for key workers employed within Children, Young People, Education and Skills, and Justice and Home Affairs, in line with the key-worker policy.
“The Laurence” met requirements and was available in the necessary/urgent time frame and as such no tender was issued. Therefore, this information is not held, and Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
Article applied
Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”
For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.