Details of any payments, whether in part or in full, made to vaccine producers and/or suppliers in respect of Covid19 vaccines
Robin Benson made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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From: Robin Benson
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
Official Information Act 1982 (Act)
SARS-CoV-2, (Covid19)
MBIE (Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment)
This is an official request for information pursuant to the Act.
1. Please provide any and all cost data, whether in part or aggregate, relating to the securing, support, funding, purchase of Covid19 vaccine, or any other type of payment made to or financial agreement agreed with vaccine producers and/or developers and/or suppliers in the context of Covid19.
2. Please confirm MBIE policy in relation to the public provision of this and related cost data following entering into any such commercial agreements.
I hereby confirm that I meet the requirements of the Act in making this request.
Should you require any evidence concerning meeting requirements pursuant to section 12 of the Act please respond without delay outlining:
(a) the forms of evidence you deem acceptable and an email address to which such information can be sent, and
(b) the genuine and reasonable grounds for requiring such evidence.
Yours faithfully
Robin Benson (Mr)
From: Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: 2021-1717
Dear Robin,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 5 March 2021 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
1. Please provide any and all cost data, whether in part or aggregate,
relating to the securing, support, funding, purchase of Covid19 vaccine,
or any other type of payment made to or financial agreement agreed with
vaccine producers and/or developers and/or suppliers in the context of
Covid19.
2. Please confirm MBIE policy in relation to the public provision of this
and related cost data following entering into any such commercial
agreements.
I hereby confirm that I meet the requirements of the Act in making this
request.
Should you require any evidence concerning meeting requirements pursuant
to section 12 of the Act please respond without delay outlining:
(a) the forms of evidence you deem acceptable and an email address to
which such information can be sent, and
(b) the genuine and reasonable grounds for requiring such evidence.
Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.
If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [1][MBIE request email].
Nāku noa, nā
MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
NZBN 9429000106078
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From: Robin Benson
Dear Ministerial Services,
Thank you for the prompt acknowledgement.
Yours sincerely,
Robin Benson
From: Robin Benson
Dear Ministerial Services,
I note that previously the MoH forwarded this request to MBIE late 2020 or early 2021 and MBIE did not respond either to MoH or to the OIA request.
With this in mind your expedited and helpful response to this request would seem reasonable would it not?
Yours sincerely,
Robin Benson
From: RSI-thehive
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Good evening Mr Benson,
Please see attached MBIE’s response to your official information act
request.
Kind regards,
Lisa
Ministerial Project Co-ordinator
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From: Robin Benson
Dear RSI-thehive,
Please provide the information as requested. Today's date is 15 May 2021.
Yours sincerely,
Robin Benson
Robin Benson left an annotation ()
"The government will be proactively releasing overall cost information in the next few
weeks, where that information does not reveal the amounts paid for individual
contracts. I have been informed that this release will occur no later than 15 May 2021."
From: RSI-thehive
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Kia ora Robin,
The Government announced today that over $1.4 billion has been committed for the COVID-19 vaccination programme to ensure that every New Zealander can receive a free vaccination. Of this total, $964.3 million has been committed for manufacturer advance purchase agreements and the COVAX facility to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
You can find the full press release here: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove...
Ngā mihi,
Lisa
Lisa Seng (she/her)
Ministerial Project Co-ordinator
MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI
-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Benson <[FYI request #14858 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 15 May 2021 7:17 PM
To: RSI-thehive <[email address]>
Subject: Re: DOIA 2021-1717 - Robin Benson - MBIE Response [UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear RSI-thehive,
Please provide the information as requested. Today's date is 15 May 2021.
Yours sincerely,
Robin Benson
-----Original Message-----
Good evening Mr Benson,
Please see attached MBIE’s response to your official information act request.
Kind regards,
Lisa
Ministerial Project Co-ordinator
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From: Robin Benson
Dear RSI-thehive,
Thank you for the information provided.
Please provide the information in respect of each contact i.e. the amounts paid to each supplier and for what products.
Yours sincerely,
Robin Benson
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Um.. They provided an answer on the 6th.
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