19 June 2014, Health (NHS)
The complainant has requested information relating to a tendering process for a ‘media buying’ contract. The Commissioner’s decision is that NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) has correctly applied section 43(2) of the FOIA to some of the withheld information. However, the Commissioner also finds that NECS has incorrectly applied section 43(2) to part of the withheld information. The Commissioner requires NECS to disclose pages 6,7,8,16 and 17 in entirety and paragraphs 1-3 of page 18. The Commissioner also requires the public authority to disclose the information it has identified can now be disclosed i.e. pages 1-5 and page 10 of the winning bid. This decision notice is currently under appeal to the Tribunal.
FOI 43: Partly upheld