I.t suppliers/costs

Dear Mr Connely

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We are dealing with your request and will respond in due course.

Thank you for your patience.

Yours sincerely

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Cynthia Coleman
Metropolitan Police Authority
Authority Business & Members Support
Assistant Information Officer

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Dear Mr Connely,

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information on IT suppliers and cost.

You asked for:

A complete list of suppliers/contractors and consultants that have been used over the past year when procuring I.t hardware and the total spend on i.t hardware during the past financial year. Full details of the person(s) who conduct the i.t purchasing.

I am able to respond as follows:

List of IT suppliers/consultants

Suppliers:
2e2
Asknet-shops.com
Blackberry
BT Engage IT
CAN Networks
Capita
CBT Nuggets
cleverbridge.net
Colt
Computercenter
Dennis Publishing
DRI*PCTOOLS.com
Equanet
FAST
Intechnology
JAM-SOFTWARE.DE
Maplin
NetworkD
Networks Unlimited
O2
Pitney Bowes
Probrand
QA-IQ
Telstra
Thawte
T.F.L
Trustmarque Solutions
VANDYKE Software
www.BCS.ORG

Total Spend on i.t hardware during the past financial year:
£100k

The purchasing is conducted by our Information Systems and Information Technology (ISIT) team. I am afraid that I am unable to disclose the names of the individual purchasers, as there are exemptions which we consider prevent us doing so. We believe that S.40 Personal Information exemption applies to this request, as to release the details of these persons would breach one of the principles of the Data Protection Act. This is an absolute exemption where the public interest test does not apply.

I hope this response answers your questions.

However, if you are unhappy with the decision regarding your request for information you should inform me in writing. I will arrange for an officer who has not had any involvement with this request to review our decision. If you are still unhappy after that, a further request can be made to the Information Commissioner, who will decide whether the request was dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. Further information is available on the Information Commissioner's website: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely,

Yvonne Peart
Information Officer

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