FCO Web Site Hosting in the USA

FOI Request, Ref: 0618-09

Dear Sir or Madam

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. It has been passed to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with. They will be in touch with you should your request need clarification.

We received your request on the 3rd August 2009 and will aim to respond within 20 working days.

Yours

Henry Leitch

Information Management Group
Information Rights Team

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Dear P. John

Thank you for your email of 1 August. I confirm that the FCO does hold
information relevant to your request.

The FCOWeb contract was tendered through the Official Journal of the
European Union (OJEU). UK companies were able to bid via the OJEU. The
Request for Proposal (RfP) did not ask for a hosting-only solution, but a
managed service, including, design, development, transition and ongoing
service management of over 200 websites.

The FCO evaluated the proposals across a number of assessment areas (for
example, VfM, style, proposed solution), prior to the contract being
awarded to Logica. Logica subcontracted the hosting element to Digex (now
known as Verizon). Hosting is maintained in London and San Jose. The FCO
has no direct relationship with Verizon.

Reuse of material

The RfP is attached. You may re-use this Crown copyright protected
material (not including the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency
logos) free of charge in any format for non-commercial research, private
study or internal circulation within your organisation. The material must
be acknowledged as Crown copyright and you must give the title of the
source document/publication.

For any other proposed use of the material please apply for a [1]Click-Use
PSI Licence for core material from the Office of Public Sector
Information:

Office of Public Sector Information
Information Policy Team
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU

[2]email
[3]http://www.opsi.gov.uk/about/team-inform...

For further information on Crown copyright policy and licensing
arrangements, see the guidance featured on the OPSI website at:
[4]www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/crown-copyright/copyright-guidance/index.htm

Complaints

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 within 40 working days.

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

Paul

Foreign & Commonwealth Office | King Charles Street SW1A 2AH |
[5]www.fco.gov.uk

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I'm on leave on 7 August, back on 10 August.

Thanks. Paul
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