Graphic and Web Design Spend and Schedule

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Dear City of Sunderland College,

I would like to ask a few questions about your prospectus design & artwork and your website design & management

1. Prospectus Design and Artwork

When will you be tendering for your next prospectus?

Who designed your last prospectus and when was this?

How many people tendered for your last prospectus and who were they?

How much did you pay for your last prospectus for the design and artwork?

How many did you get printed?

How much did you pay for the printing?

2. Website Design and Management

When will you be next be tendering for a refresh or redesign of your website?

When was your website last updated in terms of the design, look and feel and when was this?

How many people tendered for your last website refresh and who were they?

How much did this cost?

Yours faithfully,

Arthur Burns

Pam Veitch, Sunderland College

Dear Arthur,

Further to your Freedom of Information request regarding the College's Graphic and Web Design Spend and Schedule, please see below:

1. Prospectus Design and Artwork

-When will you be tendering for your next prospectus?
The College usually invites tenders for the printing of the prospectus in July/August.

-Who designed your last prospectus and when was this?
The College's publications are all designed by the in-house design team.

-How many people tendered for your last prospectus and who were they?
8 print companies bid for the school leaver prospectus, they were:
Printing Services (North East) Ltd, Advent Colour , Service Point UK, Pavillion Print Group, Eco Print, HPM, Potts, B&B Press

-How much did you pay for your last prospectus for the design and artwork?
in-house team do the design work, so no external costs were incurred.

-How many did you get printed?
6,000 copies were printed.

How much did you pay for the printing?
The print cost was £5,246.

2. Website Design and Management

-When will you be next be tendering for a refresh or redesign of your website?
This has not yet been planned in this current budget period (up to August 2014) but the website is likely to be refreshed during 2015.

-When was your website last updated in terms of the design, look and feel and when was this?
A small modification was made to our website early 2012 to add new features such as mobile optimisation. The actual design/development of the website was last changed in 2011.

-How many people tendered for your last website refresh and who were they?
In 2011 Komodo Design were selected to refresh the website.

Regards

Pam Veitch

Pam Veitch
Director of Procurement & Governance
Sunderland College
Bede Campus
Durham Road
Sunderland
SR3 4AH
T: 0191 5116000 ext 04171
W: sunderlandcollege.ac.uk