377 Thompson
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DE&S Secretariat Land Equipment
DESSEC-PolSec [email protected]
Defence Equipment & Support Maple 0a #2043 MOD Abbey Wood Bristol BS34 8JH
Via: [email protected] 24-May-17 Our Reference:FOI2017/05127
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Thank you for your e-mail of 27 April 2017 requesting the following information: We have a request from a customer for the purchase of a number of Thompson Carmichael 32,000 litre bulk fuel tankers as formerly owned and operated by Her Majesty's Armed Forces. In an effort to try to establish whether these tankers are "Specially Designed for Military use" and therefore subject to the need for having the appropriate export licence for resale to customers outside of the UK, we have tried to contact the manufacturers (Thompson Carmichael Ltd) only to find that they went out of business 12 years ago, the company that took them over has no historical data relating to the order and can provide no insight as to the characteristics of the tankers. We therefore respectfully request any information held relating to the MOD Contract No. LV2B/377 which might offer us details to confirm whether these tankers are wholly "Specially Designed for Military Use" or whether they are civilian by design utilising civilian components with perhaps a few Specially Designed for Military Use components having been added and which can be removed, thereby returning the units to a civilian configuration. This information can then be used for us to determine whether these units will need to be exported under the current OGEL or an SIEL or whether they can be determined as NLR (No Licence Required). I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). A search for the information has now been completed within the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and I can confirm that information in scope of your request is held. Please find attached documentation on MOD contract LV2B/377 Thompson Carmichael Semi-Trailer Bulk Fuel Transporter. The documentation shows characteristics and technical data regarding to the tankers. Section 40(2) has been applied to some of the information in order to protect personal information as governed by the Data Protection Act 1998. Section 40 is an absolute exemption and there is therefore no requirement to consider the public interest in making a decision to withhold the information. If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an Independent Internal Review by contacting the Information Rights Compliance Team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail [email protected]). Please note that any request for an Internal Review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end. If you remain dissatisfied following an Internal Review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD Internal Review Process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www.ico.org.uk. Yours Sincerely DE&S Secretariat Land Equipment
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DE&S Secretariat Land Equipment
DESSEC-PolSec [email protected]
Defence Equipment & Support Maple 0a #2043 MOD Abbey Wood Bristol BS34 8JH
Via: [email protected] 24-May-17 Our Reference:FOI2017/05127
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Thank you for your e-mail of 27 April 2017 requesting the following information: We have a request from a customer for the purchase of a number of Thompson Carmichael 32,000 litre bulk fuel tankers as formerly owned and operated by Her Majesty's Armed Forces. In an effort to try to establish whether these tankers are "Specially Designed for Military use" and therefore subject to the need for having the appropriate export licence for resale to customers outside of the UK, we have tried to contact the manufacturers (Thompson Carmichael Ltd) only to find that they went out of business 12 years ago, the company that took them over has no historical data relating to the order and can provide no insight as to the characteristics of the tankers. We therefore respectfully request any information held relating to the MOD Contract No. LV2B/377 which might offer us details to confirm whether these tankers are wholly "Specially Designed for Military Use" or whether they are civilian by design utilising civilian components with perhaps a few Specially Designed for Military Use components having been added and which can be removed, thereby returning the units to a civilian configuration. This information can then be used for us to determine whether these units will need to be exported under the current OGEL or an SIEL or whether they can be determined as NLR (No Licence Required). I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). A search for the information has now been completed within the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and I can confirm that information in scope of your request is held. Please find attached documentation on MOD contract LV2B/377 Thompson Carmichael Semi-Trailer Bulk Fuel Transporter. The documentation shows characteristics and technical data regarding to the tankers. Section 40(2) has been applied to some of the information in order to protect personal information as governed by the Data Protection Act 1998. Section 40 is an absolute exemption and there is therefore no requirement to consider the public interest in making a decision to withhold the information. If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an Independent Internal Review by contacting the Information Rights Compliance Team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail [email protected]). Please note that any request for an Internal Review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end. If you remain dissatisfied following an Internal Review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD Internal Review Process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www.ico.org.uk. Yours Sincerely DE&S Secretariat Land Equipment
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