Dear Mr Connely

Thank you for your enquiry regarding the HPA's expenditure on hardware. Under Section 1 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act, I can confirm that the Health Protection Agency does not hold the information you require in the format requested.

The HPA is a large organisation operating in over 70 sites in the UK, with a diverse range of activities and settings including laboratories, offices and manufacturing.  Our finance systems do not hold the information in the format you have requested, so we have tried to provide something which might be of use to you.

The information we have provided is a combination of revenue expenditure held in our Profit and Loss accounts and manual extracts of capital projects which have IT content.  A review indicates we have used over 250 suppliers across these types of revenue and capital spend, and only some of these will be hardware (other examples captured under these codes might include maintenance agreements, telecommunications equipment, and equipment associated with laboratory technologies). 

Our revenue spend in the financial year 2008/09 on 'Minor Computer Equipment' (which includes hardware) was £2.3m.  The top twenty suppliers in this category were:

After a competitive tender process in 2006/07, we have an agreement with Siemens Plc to supply Fujitsu PCs and laptops and Hewlett Packard printers via Tracline (UK) Ltd, and the majority of our desktop hardware is purchased on that agreement.

Our capital spend on 'Information Systems and IT Equipment', which includes hardware, in the financial year 2008/09 was £2.9m.  The top twenty suppliers in this category were:

If you are dissatisfied with this response and would like a copy of the HPA complaints procedure then please contact me at: Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ.

Please note that you have the right to an independent review by the Information Commissioner's Office if a complaint cannot be resolved through the HPA complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner's Office can be contacted by writing to Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Please contact me if you require any further information or assistance.

Yours sincerely

Leigh Kelly

Freedom of Information Officer

Health Protection Agency

Health Protection Agency

Communications

Public Information Access
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5DF

Tel +44 (0)20 8327 6629

Fax +44 (0)20 8327 6633

www.hpa.org.uk

Email: [Health Protection Agency request email]