FOI/202400394779 · FOI/EIR · not held
Subcontractors, suppliers and consultants involved A9 dualling project: EIR release
Information requested
Please may I request an updated complete list of subcontractors, suppliers and consultants that have or will be involved with the development of the A9 dualling from Perth to Inverness.
Response
As the information you have requested is ‘environmental information’ for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations.
We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.
This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.
It might be helpful to note that we have already provided some of the requested information on 13 September 2021 (case ref 202100239332). Please see the below link to our previous response: https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100239332/.
Under regulation 6(1)(b) of the EIRs, we do not have to give you information which is already publicly available and easily accessible to you in another form or format.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Transport Scotland does not have some of the information you have requested. We do not hold this information as not all of the sections of the A9 Dualling scheme are in construction or have been put out for tender. Under the terms of the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs (information not held), Transport Scotland is not required to provide information which it does not have.
This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption.
While we recognise there may be some public interest in who will be involved in construction on the A9 Dualling project, clearly we cannot provide information which we do not hold.
I can confirm there are changes and additions to the list provided on 13 September 2021.
Morton Fraser LLP company name has changed to Morton Fraser McRoberts LLP.
TMP company name is TMP Worldwide t/a PeopleScout Ltd.
It should also be noted that not all of the contractors, subcontractors and consultants listed will have active contracts with Transport Scotland or its contractors/ technical advisors.
Please see below a list of those additional contractors, subcontractors and consultants for the A9 Dualling Programme since 13 September 2021.
A9 Dualling Programme: Tomatin to Moy
Subcontractors and service providers Raeburn Drilling and Geotechnical Ltd TerraDat Geophysics Class One TM AOC Holdings Ltd and CFA Archaeology Ltd Joint Venture (AOC CFA JV) ALS Laboratories (UK) Limited
Service providers Willis Towers Watson QI Consulting
Tomatin Distillery Advance Works
Main Contractor Wills Bros Civil Engineering
Subcontractors Fraser Plant Morris Leslie Campbell Plant GB Landscaping Highland Fencing Masonry Solutions (MSL) Foundation Piling Ltd Markon Lanes Group
Lynebeg Rail Underbridge Replacement Advance Works
Main Contractor BAM Nuttall Subcontractors Arup AECOM Story Contracting Joseph Gallagher BAM Ritchies QTS Masonry Solutions (MSL)
A9 Dualling Programme: Pass of Birnam to Tay Crossing
Subconsultants UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Enterprise Limited Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust
A9 Dualling Southern Commission
Subconsultants Environmental Management Solutions Scope Exhibitions Gradko International Limited R&M Leisure TJC Heritage Aspect Land & Hydrographic Surveys Whereverly GTW Storage
A9 Dualling Central Commission
Subconsultants Brickworks Communications Ltd Commspoint Ltd Concept Life Sciences Analytical and Development Services Ltd Headland Archaeology Ltd I2 Analytical Ltd Suppliers Maptek Contractors Environmental Monitoring Solutions Ltd In-Situ Europe Ltd
A9 Dualling Northern Commission
Subconsultants Environmental Monitoring Solutions British Geological Society Registers of Scotland Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Bremners of Aviemore Ltd Stewart Paton Associates Ltd Phillpotts Ltd The Highland Council Acoustics Noise and Vibration Ltd Metricell Ltd RSPB Apogee Ltd AG Surveys High Life Highland Hobs Reprographics Nature Metrics Ltd Ground Sure Ltd Natural Environment Research Council Ravey Consulting Ltd Suppliers Carrbridge Village Hall (SCIO)
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Detected exemption language
We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. Under the terms of the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs (information not held), Transport Scotland is not required to provide information which it does not have.
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