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Dear Intellectual Property Office,

1. Please confirm if you are in contract for a fully outsourced managed print service.
2. Does this include Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs) and printers?
3. Please confirm date from and date to of contract awarded and what extensions if any.
4. Please confirm who the contract was awarded to.
5. Please confirm the name or job role of the employee that is responsible for the management of the printer estate for your organisation.
6. What are the current mailing processes? E.g franking etc?
7. Please confirm the current Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) in place and whether these SLA’s have been met over the last 12 months.
8. Please confirm if you intend to go out to tender next time or call off an existing framework. If so, which one?
9. How many MFDs do you have?
10. What is the annual spend on MFDs – including lease costs, consumables, costs per click and service charges?
11. How many printers do you have?
12. What is the annual spend on printers – including lease costs, consumables, costs per click and service charges?
13. What is the annual spend on toners outside of any contract that is in place with a 3rd party?
14. Please confirm the annual volumes of mono and colour prints.
15. How much time a month does the IT team spend on printer queries from end users?
16. Do you have any mobile print capabilities?
17. Do you have any secure print capabilities?
18. What print management software do you use across the organisation?
19. What remote monitoring software do you use across the organisation?
20. How many locations do you have?
21. Is there a Digital Transformation strategy in place and if so who is responsible for this?

Yours faithfully,

Bob Duncan

foi, Intellectual Property Office

Dear Mr Duncan,

Thank you for your information request. It will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act and we will reply as soon as possible within twenty working days.

Regards,

Alison Smith | Information Rights Manager
Intellectual Property Office | Concept House | Cardiff Road | Newport | South Wales | NP10 8QQ | www.gov.uk/ipo
Tel: +44 (0)1633 814587 | Email: [Intellectual Property Office request email]

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Benjamin Parry, Intellectual Property Office

To whom it may concern,

Mail is packaged and franked on site.

Regards

Benjamin Parry.

 

foi, Intellectual Property Office

Dear Mr Duncan,

 

I am replying to your information request of 9 December 2019 as follows:

 

1. Please confirm if you are in contract for a fully outsourced managed
print service.

We do not have an outsourced managed print service.

 

2. Does this include Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs) and printers?

N/A

 

3. Please confirm date from and date to of contract awarded and what
extensions if any.

N/A

 

4. Please confirm who the contract was awarded to.

N/A

 

5. Please confirm the name or job role of the employee that is responsible
for the management of the printer estate for your organisation.

Senior IT Administrator. 

 

6. What are the current mailing processes? E.g. franking etc?

Mail is franked and all stationery is printed in-house.

 

7. Please confirm the current Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) in place
and whether these SLA’s have been met over the last 12 months.

We have SLAs under CCS Framework RM3781 – Lot 2. They have been met over
the last 12 months.

 

8. Please confirm if you intend to go out to tender next time or call off
an existing framework. If so, which one?

For MFD and Print Room Hardware & Software requirements we run further
competitions under RM3781 CCS Framework – It would be our intention to
utilise this framework (or next iteration) for future requirements.

 

9. How many MFDs do you have?

42

 

10. What is the annual spend on MFDs – including lease costs, consumables,
costs per click and service charges?

£55k

 

11. How many printers do you have?

<15 + 5 label printers (‘less than’ 15 – not clear because it’s in flux as
we are decommissioning them)

 

12. What is the annual spend on printers – including lease costs,
consumables, costs per click and service charges?

Print room charges are circa £184k per annum

 

13. What is the annual spend on toners outside of any contract that is in
place with a 3rd party?

We purchase toner for desktop printers - £10k per annum.

 

14. Please confirm the annual volumes of mono and colour prints.

For all MFDs and printers - CY 2018: 156,397 Colour; 2,548,607 Mono.

 

15. How much time a month does the IT team spend on printer queries from
end users?

Not available as a distinct value of work time. 

 

16. Do you have any mobile print capabilities?

No

 

17. Do you have any secure print capabilities?

Yes

 

18. What print management software do you use across the organisation?

Papercut

 

19. What remote monitoring software do you use across the organisation?

Papercut

 

20. How many locations do you have?

Three.

 

21. Is there a Digital Transformation strategy in place and if so who is
responsible for this?

Yes. The Intellectual Property Office Board are responsible for the
strategy.

 

Please let me know if you require any further information or explanation.

 

Regards,

 

Alison Smith | Information Rights Manager

Intellectual Property Office | Concept House | Cardiff Road | Newport |
South Wales | NP10 8QQ | [1]www.gov.uk/ipo

Tel: +44 (0)1633 814587 | Email: [2][Intellectual Property Office request email]

 

 

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