I.t suppliers/costs

Dear Mr Connely

I am in receipt of your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 submitted on 3 March 2010.

Section 10(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests should be
answered no later than the twentieth working day following receipt of the
request. According to my calculation the twentieth working day is 31 March
2010.  Our response to your request is as follows:

A complete list of suppliers/ contractors/consultants that have been used
over the past financial year when procuring IT hardware

2 CL COMMUNICATIONS LTD
3C TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
ANDERTONS MUSIC CO
ANITE PUBLIC SECTOR
ANIX COMPUTERS LTD
ARGOS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
BLI EDUCATION LTD
BROCADE
BT PUBLIC SECTOR STORE
CIVICA(UK)LIMITED
COMPUTER WAREHOUSE LTD
COMPUTERTEL LIMITED
CONNEVANS LTD
COVERGOLD LIMITED
CRE8TXT LIMITED
DAMOVO UK LIMITED
DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION LTD
DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES
DSG RETAIL LIMITED
EXPANSYS UK LTD
FOURIER SYSTEMS (UK)
GLS EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES LTD
HARRY B LITHERLAND AND CO LIMITED
HENROB DIRECT LIMITED
IMAGO DIGITAL LIMITED
INSIGHT DIRECT(UK)LIMITED
INTELLISOURCE LIMITED
KOREC GROUP
LEB PARTNERSHIP LTD
LOGICALIS UK LTD
MAINE BUSINESS SYSTEMS PLC
MISCO
MOREMUSIC
NIMAL LTD - EURA
NORTHGATE PUBLIC SECTOR LTD
OFFICE DEPOT UK LIMITED
P J WILLARD
PCS CASHLESS SYSTEMS LTD
PROBRAND LTD
R M EDUCATION PLC
REPROPOINT LIMITED
RG BARTLETT IT SERVICES LTD
SETON LIMITED
SHERING WEIGHING LIMITED
SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC
STERIA LIMITED
SYNERGIE GROUP PLC
TIGER COMMUNICATIONS PLC
TOUCAN COMPUTING LTD
TRACE SYSTEMS
TRANS EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY
TTS GROUP LIMITED
USB MEDIA LTD
WILD KNOWLEDGE

The total spend on IT hardware during the past financial year:  £1.55M

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