Regional Enterprise (Re): Barnet Council's Capita Contract

Over £165 million in projected taxpayer savings over ten years is the headline figure for this major local government outsourcing contract. The dataset consists of the published contract between the London Borough of Barnet and Capita plc for the joint venture Regional Enterprise Ltd, covering services previously known as the Development and Regulatory Services project. It includes a guide detailing the rationale for redactions made to protect commercial sensitivity and third-party negotiations.

Use Cases

• Analyzing contract structure and terms for a major public-private joint venture based on the published document.
• Studying redaction practices and commercial confidentiality in public contracts based on the provided guide.
• Benchmarking local government service delivery costs and savings projections against the stated £165m figure.
• Researching the evolution of the Development and Regulatory Services (DRS) project into the Regional Enterprise (Re) entity.

Strengths

• Includes a detailed guide explaining the rationale for specific redactions, providing context for data gaps.
• Represents a commitment to transparency, with the contractor waiving some confidentiality rights to allow publication.
• Contains a specific, quantified public benefit claim of over £165 million in savings over a ten-year period.

Limitations

• The core contract document contains significant redactions for commercial sensitivity, limiting its completeness.
• Key metadata such as column names, row counts, and file format are unknown, hindering structured analysis.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, with one platform showing 2019 and another showing a future date of 2026.

Provenance

Source

London Borough of Barnet and Capita plc.

Collection Method

Contract document and associated transparency guide published by the London Borough of Barnet.

Time Range

Contract period likely spans a multi-year term, but specific start and end dates are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict: 2019-03-29 (eu_open_data) and 2026-04-29 (uk_data).

Geography

London Borough of Barnet, United Kingdom.