Rikenel

Montpellier

GLOUCESTER

GL1 1LY

Direct tel: 01452-891060

e-mail: [2Gether NHS Foundation Trust request email]

Website: www.partnershiptrust.org.uk

01 October 2009

Sent via e-mail to:-

Mr. J. Connely,

[[FOI #17756 email]]

Dear Mr. Connely,

Our Reference: Freedom of Information request No. 1113/1354, seeking information on IT suppliers and costs, which we received on 8.9.09.

I am writing to confirm that the Trust has now finished its search for the information you requested, which was as follows:-

I would like to request a complete list of suppliers/contractors and consultants that have been used over the past year when procuring IT hardware and the total spend on IT hardware during the past year.

Also could you break this hardware spend down to show what brand servers, networking and desktop hardware were purchased with a spend amount in each segment.

I would also like to request full details of the person(s) who conducts the IT purchasing there.

In response to your queries, I would advise as set out below:-

List of IT Hardware Suppliers/Contractors/Consultants

Misco

Switchshop Ltd

Dell Corporation Ltd

Vodafone Ltd

Probrand

ATC (Daisy Group)

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Total Spend on IT Hardware during 2008/09

£436,000

Breakdown of Hardware Spend by Brand

This information is not available

IT Contact for hardware purchases

Name Rob Blagden

Title IT Systems & Programme Manager

Telephone 01452 300631

e-mail [email address]

Should you have any queries about this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting the reference number above.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or have a review of our decision, you should write to:-

Philip Southam,

Complaints Manager,

²gether NHS Foundation Trust,

Rikenel,

Montpellier,

GLOUCESTER. GL1 1LY

Tel: 01452-891138

e-mail: [email address]

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner's Office for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot consider your case unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Trust. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

TRISH BLUETT

Information Governance Support Officer

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