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27 March 2008

King Charles Street

London

SW1A 2AH

Tel: 00 44 (0) 20 7008 3686

E-mail: [email address]

Mr Iain Brown

Via email

Dear Mr Brown,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST: REF 0169-08

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which we received on the 26 February 2008. In that request you asked for the overall spending by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the following projects and capabilities since 1^st January 2005 and which companies this expenditure has been placed with:

The FCO ran a Global Collaboration Project from 1st January 2005 until 29th February 2007, which focussed on the exploitation of Microsoft Sharepoint technology.

The total cost of this project was £910,931.08

Companies this expenditure has been placed with

The FCO does not have an EDRM but it does have a bespoke ERM (Electronic Records Management) system and has been developing an upgraded ERM

Total spent for the period of 1st January 2005 to 29th February 2008 is approximately £5,107,698.43

Companies this expenditure has been placed with

The FCO has no paper or hard copy management services projects.

The FCO has no involvement in the FLEX Shared Services. This is a Cabinet Office project.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint, or request a review of our decision, you should write to me at the above address within 40 working days of receipt of this reply.

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

Adetokunbo Ighodaro

Adetokunbo Ighodaro

Information & Technology Directorate

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