Website redevelopment costs

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Dear Gloucestershire Constabulary,

To help assist with a study in to cost effectiveness of public sector websites, can you please provide me with:

a) design and development costs to launch (single figure)
b) ongoing hosting, licensing and maintenance costs (per year or other suitable measure)
c) brief overview of server technologies used (e.g. Microsoft .NET, Apache/PHP, etc.)

I fully understand that contractual agreements, tender documents and other materials may be commercial in confidence, but do hope that you can assist
with indication of costs and technology as other forces have done for me already.

Yours faithfully,

Kyle Beale

Gloucestershire Constabulary

Dear Mr Beale,

Enquiry Ref : 2010/2709

I acknowledge receipt of your enquiry, which we received on 29 June 2010, requesting information concerning:

a) design and development costs to launch (single figure)
b) ongoing hosting, licensing and maintenance costs (per year or
other suitable measure)
c) brief overview of server technologies used (e.g. Microsoft .NET,
Apache/PHP, etc.)

As set out by the Freedom of Information Act, it will be our aim to respond to your request by 27 July 2010. However, it may be that we need to seek further clarification or information from you. This will add to the time in which we are allowed to respond to your request, of which you will be advised, together with the likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

If you have any questions regarding your request please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

A Pressman
Freedom of Information

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Gloucestershire Constabulary

Dear Mr Beale

Gloucestershire Constabulary Freedom of Information request 2010.2709

On 28th April 2009 you sent an e-mail constituting a request under the Freedom of Information Act asking the following:

To help assist with a study in to cost effectiveness of public sector websites, can you please provide me with:
1. design and development costs to launch (single figure)
2. ongoing hosting, licensing and maintenance costs (per year or other suitable measure)
3. brief overview of server technologies used (e.g. Microsoft .NET, Apache/PHP, etc.)

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 s1, I can confirm that the Gloucestershire Constabulary holds some relevant information.

1. The current Gloucestershire Constabulary website was launched in January 2008, the site was designed and set up by Gloucestershire Constabulary staff however a system was purchased to up date and maintain the site at a cost of approximately £46,000. This system is used for both internal and external websites.

2. The table below details the amounts spent by Gloucestershire Constabulary on both the internal and external websites over the last three financial years. These figures are made up of the costs of website set-up, development and maintenance for both the internal and external Gloucestershire Constabulary websites; these figures also include the cost of staff posts involved in the set up, development and maintenance of the website, some of these posts cover both the internal and external websites.
Website

2009/10 2008/09 2007/08
157,215 73,516 106,676

3. The Information Systems Department uses Rhythmyx, EZPublishing CMS and PHP HTTP to maintain both the internal and external Constabulary websites.

I hope this information is useful.

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to ask that we review your case under our internal procedure.

If you decide to request that such a review is undertaken and following this process you are still unsatisfied, you then have the right to direct your complaint to the Information Commissioner for consideration.

If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Miss A Pressman
Freedom of Information Officer
Gloucestershire Constabulary

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