Deloitte / Deloitte Consulting Contracts from FY2011 to 2016 (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
Submitted | April 19, 2016 |
Est. Completion | None |
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From: Michael Morisy
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
A copy of contracts this agency has with Deloitte / Deloitte Consulting from FY2011 to the date that this request is processed.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
From: VACO FOIA Service Inbox
Good Afternoon,
This is to acknowledgement receipt of the below Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for contracts records associated Deloitte/Deloitte Consulting. Before we can move forward with the processing of your request, you must provide the name of the requester as we are unable to log this request into the database.
Respectfully,
Ruthann Parise, USMCRet
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From: Michael Morisy
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
A copy of contracts this agency has with Deloitte / Deloitte Consulting from FY2011 to the date that this request is processed.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Michael Morisy
From: Parise, RuthAnn
Good Morning Mr. Morisy,
This email is to acknowledge receipt of your April 19, 2016 electronic Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and your subsequent email of April 29, 2016 in which you provided us with your name. You requested "...contracts this agency has with Deloitte / Deloitte Consulting from FY2011 to the date this request is processed. The FOIA Service received your original request on April 20, 2016, and assigned it tracking number 16-06574-F. Please refer to this number when communicating with this office about your request.
Per 38 C.F.R. § 1.554(d)(1), The requester must describe the records sought in enough detail to allow VA personnel to locate them with a reasonable amount of effort. Pursuant to your request, I conducted a query of USASpending, a publically available website, in order to identify potential contracts responsive to your request. The following key terms were utilized when conducting my query "Deloitte Consulting" "Contracts" "2011"-"2016" and "Department of Veterans Affairs". My search identified 253 contract actions. Search results are available at the following hyperlink:
For the purpose of FOIA processing fees, for this request, we consider you an "All Other" Requester. As such, you are entitled to two hours search and one-hundred pages of duplication free of charge.
Please know the VA FOIA functions are decentralized. Additionally, the VA contracting functions are decentralized. As such, the 253 contract actions responsive to your request will fall under multiple FOIA/Contracting offices.
Before we move forward with your request, we are seeking your clarification as to if you are seeking all 253 contract actions. Should you wish to limit the number of contracts, you must provide the contract number associated with each contract that you are requesting. You will find the contract number in the Award ID column of the aforementioned hyperlink. Please know VA contracts start with either a "V" or "VA". If the contract number starts with a "GS" you will need to click on that number. You will be directed to the Transaction Details page; on this page you will find the VA contract number beneath the Go To Award Summary box. If; however you are seeking the contract that starts with GS please know you will need to submit a request directly to GSA. Information on how to submit a request to GSA is available at http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/105305
Per 38 C.F.R. § 1.554(d)(4) the processing time will not start until we receive your clarification. Your written clarification is due within 30 (thirty) calendar days of the date of this email communication. Should we not receive your written clarification within 30 (thirty) calendar days of the date of this email communication, we will conclude that you are no longer interested in pursuing this request and will close your request.
Respectfully,
Ruthann Parise, USMCRet
Office of Privacy and Records Management
FOIA Service (005R1C)
Phone: (202) 632-5271
Fax: (202) 632-7581