Council Use of IT Software

Dear Mr Fitzsimons

Re: Information Request - Reference Number: 2010020020

Thank you for your request for information received on 10 February 2010.
We are currently processing your request in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 and will respond to you within 20 working days.

For clarification we are using the following information for the purpose
of processing your request.

A list of suppliers and contractors used January - December 2009,
including total spend and contact details of internal IT contract managers

If you feel the information is inaccurate or requires amendment, please
notify us as soon as possible using the contact details provided above.

Yours sincerely

Sarah Trivedi McKay
Information Governance Team
Shropshire Council

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Dear Mr Fitzsimons

Further to your recent Freedom of Information request which we received on
10 February 2010, please find our response below.

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.
Breakdown of this Software spend to show which department uses which
application.

Please find attached details of software that has been purchased centrally
for corporate projects. In addition, service areas make their own
purchases with the support of IT services but records are not held
centrally. To further analyse records records across the authority is
estimated to take more than 18 hours of staff time to collate, which would
exceed the appropriate cost limit for Local Authorities of **450 (for
providing information under the Freedom of Information Act). Therefore, on
this occasion, we are unable to meet your request in full.
Details of IT Contracts Managers and any person(s) involved in IT Software
procurement.

Shropshire Council does not have an ICT Contracts Manager
Head of ICT is Kevin Malone
Procurement Manager is Nigel Denton

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter is a
part refusal notice to your request. If you are dissatisfied with the way
your request has been handled, you may ask for an internal review. Please
contact The Information Governance Team, Audit Services, Shropshire
Council, Shirehall, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND or email on
[Shropshire Council request email] if you wish to request a review.

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
Commissioner***s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK9 5AF. You can find more details at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
or by telephone on 01625 545700.

We are sorry that we cannot satisfy your request fully on this occasion.
However, should you have any further information needs in the future then
please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Yours sincerely

Heather Jones
Assistant Information Governance Officer

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