Council Use of IT Software

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Dear Mr Fitzsimons,

Thank you for your following email. I have logged this as a FOI request.
You will have a response within 20 working days. Your reference number is
1077083.

Kind Regards,

Faye Nicholson

Customer Advisor

Somerset Direct

Generic Team

The Deane House

Belvedere Road

Taunton

TA1 1HE

Tel: 0845 345 9166

Email: [email address]

SMS Text: 07781 482858

Web : [1]www.somerset.gov.uk

South West One Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number
6373780
Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hants PO6

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Dear Mr Fitzsimons

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
relating to the suppliers contractors and consultants hat have been used
over the past year when procuring IT software and the total spend on IT
software during the past financial year. We are currently dealing with
your request and will be in touch shortly concerning disclosure of the
information you have requested. For information, your request has been
assigned reference number 519. Please quote this on any future
communications.

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to charge for this and we will contact you in due course if that is the
case.

Yours sincerely

Rob Forse

Graduate Trainee

Business Support Officer - Resources Directorate

Somerset County Council

County Hall, Taunton

Somerset, TA1 4DY

01823 357734

[1][email address]

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Dear Mr Fitzsimons

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request relating to the
Council's procurement and spend on I.T software. On this occasion I can
confirm that this Council does not hold the information that you are
seeking.

In 2007 Somerset County Council joined the Southwest One partnership
(along with Taunton Deane Borough Council, Avon and Somerset Police
Constabulary and IBM). When this Joint Venture was formed the
responsibility for our I.T service was transferred to Southwest One.

As you may be aware, Southwest One is a publically listed company and not
required to furnish information under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act in the same way that Local Government Organisations (such
as Somerset County Council) are.

If you would like to find out more information about Southwest One, please
visit the website ([1]www.southwestone.org).

In this case the I.T function has been novated out and is therefore under
the management of Southwest One.

I am able to tell you that the length of the contract with Southwest One
is for 10 years, with the contract running initially until 01/11/17, and
that Southwest One provides the provisions for this service as this is a
term of the agreement between the County Council and Southwest One.
Somerset County Council, Taunton Deane Borough Council and Avon and
Somerset Police Constabulary signed the contract to create a new Joint
Venture company with global business service provider, IBM, at a total
value of approximately £400 million over the 10 year contract period.
Over the course of the contract, Southwest one will deliver to the
Council: Finance, Information and Communication Technology, Human
Resources, Somerset Staffing, Somerset Direct and Customer Services,
Property Services, Facilities Management, Design and Print, Postal
Services and Procurement

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal Review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to Neil Pack
([2][email address]).

Please remember to quote the reference number (519) in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

Yours sincerely

Rob Forse

Graduate Trainee

Business Support Officer - Resources Directorate

Somerset County Council

County Hall, Taunton

Somerset, TA1 4DY

01823 357734

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