Pfizer contract
El Zorro made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
The request was refused by Ministry of Health.
From: El Zorro
Dear Ministry of Health,
Hi there. I'd like to request a copy of the commercial contract that the NZ government signed with Pfizer to obtain Comirnaty.
Yours faithfully,
El Zorro
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Kia ora,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 2 August
2021 for:
"I'd like to request a copy of the commercial contract that the NZ
government signed with Pfizer to obtain Comirnaty."
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202109731.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 30 August 2021, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.
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will notify you of an extension of that time frame.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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From: Jan Torres
Kia ora El Zorro,
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
[1]Ministry of Health information releases
[2]Unite against COVID-19
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Maxwell left an annotation ()
From the Office of the Ombudsman:
Put simply, the test under section 9(2)(b)(ii) is whether release of the information at issue
would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the third party’s commercial position. The third
party must be either the supplier or the subject of the information.
A mere assertion of prejudice will not be sufficient; nor will vague and unsubstantiated
references to ‘commercial sensitivity’ or ‘confidentiality’. Agencies must be able to:
1. demonstrate that the third party has a commercial position; and
2. explain how release of the information at issue would be likely unreasonably to prejudice
that position.
Source: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/site...
From: El Zorro
Dear Jan Torres,
You may use Section 9(2) to refuse the above request, but as per the Ombudsmen's office:
"A mere assertion of prejudice will not be sufficient; nor will vague and unsubstantiated
references to ‘commercial sensitivity’ or ‘confidentiality’. Agencies must be able to:
1. demonstrate that the third party has a commercial position; and
2. explain how release of the information at issue would be likely unreasonably to prejudice
that position."
While it is clear Pfizer has a commercial position,
kindly elaborate on how the release of the information in the contract would unreasonably prejudice their position.
Yours sincerely,
El Zorro
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El Zorro left an annotation ()
So you use my money to cut deals with Pfizer, but I can't see what's in those deals. Got it.
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