Dear Mr Fitzsimons

Information Request: FR1753

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 09/02/2010. Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act and is detailed below in italics with our response.

Your original request is detailed below in italics.

 I would like to request a complete list of suppliers/contractors

and consultants that have been used over the past year when

procuring IT Software and the total spend on IT Software during the

past financial year.

Also could you break this Software spend down

to show which department uses which application.

Please also provide details of IT Contracts Managers and any

person(s) involved in IT Software procurement.

Our Response

NCC have been provided with the following information in response to your recent request.

The total cost of software purchased within the past year has been £353, 539.48 and the suppliers are as follows:

The IT Contracts Manager and persons involved in IT software purchase are:

Gary Thomas

Technology Services Manager.

01604237310

Tariq Malik

Supply and Contracts officer.

01604236021

The disclosure to you of the enclosed information does not give you a right to reproduce or publish such information without the express permission of the County Council or any other owners of the copyright therein.

If you are unhappy with the response, you can ask the Council to review it. To do this please write to the address below:

Paul Edwards

Head of Business Intelligence and Performance

Northamptonshire County Council

PO Box 93

County Hall

Northampton NN1 1AN

If our internal review does not resolve the issue to your complete satisfaction, you have the right to apply to the information Commissioner for a decision at the following address:

Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Or, if you have any complaints in respect of your information request please complete the on-line comments form that can be found at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk, along with a full set of guidance.

Yours sincerely

Gillian Hollowell

Senior Freedom of Information/Data Protection Officer
Legal & Democratic Services

Northamptonshire County Council

Please ask for: Gill Hollowell

Tel: 01604 237407

Our ref: FR1753

Your ref:

Date: 1 March 2010

Northamptonshire County Council

County Hall

PO Box 136

Northampton, NN1 1AT

w. www.northamptonshire.gov.uk

t. 01604 237407

f. 01604 237004

e. [email address]