Future Hospital technical advisors (FOI)

​Request

A

Please can you provide the terms on which Gleeds were employed to prepare the planning application for hospital 2017?

B

Was the work tendered, if so, forward a copy of the advert.

C

What experience does Gleeds have in making large scale hospital planning applications at this level of complexity?

D

Did Gleeds employ an architect and / or other sub consultants?

Response

A

Gleeds Management Services (Gleeds) were engaged as Technical Advisors in 2014, following a competitive procurement process, to provide a range of services directly, or through a number of sub-consultants, which included the preparation of a planning application. The specific terms of engagement are commercially confidential and are considered exempt under Article 33(b) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

B

The work was tendered through the standard States procurement portal, where expressions of interest were sought from 20 January 2014 to 11 March 2014. A screen shot of the openly advertised opportunity is included below as Appendix A.

Appendix A

The opportunity was also advertised in the Gazette section of the Jersey Evening Post on the 28 and 30 of January 2014. A copy of the advertisement is included below as Appendix B.

Appendix B

C

Gleeds, and their sub-consultants, have a wide range of experience in supporting planning applications for large scale hospital planning applications. More information about the company can be obtained from their website at www.gleeds.com

D

The Technical Advisor package is provided by Gleeds and the following sub-consultants:

• Hassell Studio – Architect

• Ove Arup – All aspects of engineering consultancy

• MjMedical – Medical Planning

• Rowney Sharman – Project Management

• Gleeds Advisory – Business Case Advice

• Gleeds Cost Management – Cost Planning

Article applied

Article 33 Commercial interests

Information is qualified exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes a trade secret; or

(b) its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information).

Prejudice / public interest test

Article 33 (b) allows an authority to refuse a request for information where its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information). Whilst we accept that the public may have an interest in the value of contracts between the States of Jersey and technical advisors, we believe the contract values are commercially sensitive as they are the outcome of negotiations between parties and that the release of this data could affect the negotiation of future contracts.