Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents funding: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


FOI reference: FOI/17/01550
Date received: 6 July 2017
Date responded: 19 July 2017

Information requested

In 2016-17, the Scottish Government will provide funding of £104,000 to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to continue to deliver its annual home and water safety programme.

  1. Which Directorate has responsibility for awarding and monitoring this funding and the outcomes of the programme?

  2. Was a formal tendering process held ahead of the award of this funding?

  3. If so, please provide a copy of the original tender including the service specification.

  4. If so, please provide the date the initial tendering process closed, when the initial contract was awarded, and when the contract will next be tendered for.

Response

  1. The Directorate for Safer Communities is responsible for awarding and monitoring this funding and the outcomes of the programme.

  2. The award was made on the basis of grant funding. As such there was no requirement to hold a formal tendering process ahead of award.

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Contact

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