Mr Fitzsimons

[[FOI #28682 email]]

Date: 20^th July 2010 Department of Resources,

Bythesea Road,

Trowbridge,

Wiltshire

BA14 8JN

Your ref:

Our ref: RFI 2050

Dear Mr Fitzsimons

Request for Information - RFI 2050 - Council Use of IT Software

Thank you for your request for information received 9^th February 2010. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding to your request; we hope we have not caused you too much inconvenience.

As of 1^st April 2009 Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West Wiltshire District Councils and Wiltshire County Council ceased to exist and a unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, was created.

I understand your request to be to receive a list of suppliers/contractors/consultants that Wiltshire Council has used when procuring IT Software, along with the total spend.

In response to your request please find attached a spreadsheet document:

10 RFI 2050 payment budget amounts.pdf

I am currently waiting on one more return, to confirm if there are any more additional details in response to your request. If there is any further information supplied from this Section I will immediately forward it on to you.

Wiltshire Council does not currently have an IT Contracts Manager although within the department there is a post of ICT buyer within the ICT Design and Delivery Section. All ICT procurement is handled by our Corporate Procurement Section, details as follows:

Contact: Tony Brett

Position: Head of Procurement

Address: Wiltshire Council

Bythesea Road

Trowbridge

BA14 8JN

Tel. No.: 01225 718581

Email: [email address]

The Council has not withheld any information in relation to this request under the exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I hope the information received is what you were expecting.  However if you are unhappy with what has been provided, you can ask us to reconsider under the council's review procedure (enclosed) or you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, 01625 545745. If you would like to discuss any of the information provided to you or would like further information on the review procedure, please contact me on the above number.

Information supplied under the Freedom of Information Act and/or Environmental Information Regulations will be subject to copyright protection under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Information can be re-used for the purposes of research for non-commercial purposes, for private study or for news reporting and reviews, without requiring formal consent. However, if you wish to re-use the information for commercial purposes, including publishing, you are required to seek the permission of the copyright owner. Permission to re-use Wiltshire Council's copyright information is granted in the form of a licence. Authorisation to re-use copyright material not owned by Wiltshire Council should be sought from the copyright holders concerned.

Yours sincerely

Lesley Crawford

Corporate Information Officer

Direct Line: 01225 718467

Fax Number: 01225 718399

Email: [email address]