This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'I.t suppliers/costs'.
 
By email 
Ref: 10/02/16/lk/036 
Health Protection Agency
 
Communications 
Mr James Connely 
Public Information Access 
[FOI #29082 email] 
61 Colindale Avenue 
 
London 
NW9 5EQ 
 
 
Tel +44 (0)20 8327 6920 
Fax +44 (0)20 8327 6633 
 
 
17 March 2010 
www.hpa.org.uk 
Email: [Health Protection Agency request email] 
 
 
Dear Mr Connely 
 
Re: IT hardware 
 
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 16 February 2010 
regarding the Health Protection Agency’s (HPA) IT hardware. 
 
In accordance with section 1 (1) (a) of the Act I can confirm that we do some of the 
information you require. 
 
Total revenue spend on hardware in the 11 months to February 2010 was £1.388m.  
Total capital spend on Information Systems (which includes software) in the same 
period was £1.68m. 
 
The top 20 suppliers of minor (revenue) hardware items are as follows: 
 
TRACLINE (UK) LIMITED 
SUPPLIES TEAM UK 
DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES 
FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS (UK) LTD 
INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LTD 
MISCO COMPUTER SUPPLIES LTD 
KEDNOS CORPORATION 
SECON SOLUTIONS LTD 
DYNAX SYSTEMS LIMITED 
BARCLAYCARD 
DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION LTD 
CCS MEDIA LIMITED 
JOHN WILSON 
BANNER BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 
REDSTONE CONVERGED SOLUTIONS LIMITED 
COMPUTER IMPRINTABLE LABEL SYSTEMS LTD 
NOVATECH UK LIMITED 
EQUANET 
2E2 SOLUTIONS LIMITED 
UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES LIMITED 
 
 

 
The top 20 suppliers of capital IT items (which include software) were: 
 
INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LTD 
225,613 
INFACT UK LTD 
188,265 
FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS (UK) LTD 
152,922 
ORACLE CORPORATION UK LTD 
138,408 
GSS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 
99,764 
KPMD IT SOLUTIONS LIMITED 
66,240 
TRACLINE (UK) LIMITED 
62,572 
COMPUTACENTER (UK) LTD 
61,073 
COMARK LTD 
56,263 
BT GLOBAL SERVICES 
54,678 
GLOBAL SECURE SYSTEMS LTD 
49,435 
WATERS LTD 
47,407 
ORGANISED COMPUTER SYSTEMS LIMITED 
44,705 
SYSTEM ASSOCIATES LIMITED 
44,551 
2E2 SOLUTIONS LIMITED 
29,160 
CANON (UK) LTD 
26,660 
LOGICA UK LTD 
24,036 
BROOK STREET (UK) LIMITED 
22,821 
JOHNSON CONTROLS LIMITED 
21,836 
CONCURRENT THINKING LIMITED 
21,035 
 
 
 
We do not provide names of employees, other than executive directors, working for 
us, however, all IT procurement is conducted through specialist staff (either in IT or in 
applications development) working with our procurement department. We are not 
obliged to disclose personal information; this is in accordance with the section 40 
exemption under the Freedom of Information Act. 
 
If you are dissatisfied with this response and would like a copy of the HPA complaints 
procedure then please contact Mr George Stafford, Complaints Manager 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
 

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