Mr Ross requested from Dundee City Council (the Council) a bill of quantities for re roofing works carried out by Dundee Contract Services. The Council responded, withholding the information from Mr Ross by virtue of section 33(1)(b) of FOISA, which relates to information which is commercially sensitive, and upholding that decision on review.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner did not accept that disclosure of the information would (or would be likely to) cause the substantial prejudice the Council had claimed to the commercial interests of Dundee Contract Services, its suppliers or subcontractors or the Council more widely, and therefore found that the Council had failed to deal with Mr Ross’s request for information in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA. He required the Council to release the bill of quantities to Mr Ross.
[2008] ScotIC 027 – 2008
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Updated: 26 November 2021; Ref: scu.434120