Freedom of Information request - Project Management Software Systems

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Dear South Northamptonshire District Council,

Freedom of Information request - Software Systems

1. What Software Systems are currently used by the Council (please identify each system if more than one is used) for:
• Programme and / or Project management?
• Risk Management recording and reporting
• Performance Management reporting
• Freedom of Information recording and tracking

2. When do the contracts expire for each software system used?

3. Do you have any planned changes or upgrades of the software currently used? If so, when?

4. How much does each system cost including both the initial licence fee and the annual charge?

5. If you do not have a system how are programmes and projects managed currently?

6. How (which procurement route or framework) was the contract initially tendered and when was this tender awarded?

7. If no software or tendered contract is in place currently are you considering tendering or purchasing further software within the next 12 months? If so via which procurement route or framework would you be using?

8. How many users / licenses for each system have you purchased for each system?

9. Who is the person responsible for the identified Software Systems? Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible.

Yours faithfully,

Allan Clarke

Admin, CCC (SNC), South Northamptonshire District Council

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Dear Mr Clarke

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Ref: FOI 101001035866 (South Northants Council)

Thank you for your emailed Freedom of Information request received on the
9^th January 2019 regarding software systems.  Cherwell District Council
and South Northants Council operate a joint IT service so this response
refers to both.   I have put the questions and answers into an excel
spreadsheet, which is attached to this email.

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Council's Freedom of Information Officer at [1][email address]. 
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to contact the Information Commissioner directly at the Information
Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF or on [2][email address].  Under Section 50 of the Act you may
apply to the Commissioner for a decision as to whether your request for
information has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of
Part I of the Act.

 

 

Paul Nicol

Business & Systems Implementation Manager

Cherwell District and South Northamptonshire Councils

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