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Dear Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust,

We would be grateful if you could help in answering our request for information for the following questions; answering for A-F on questions 1-8.
a) Photocopiers/MFDs (Multi-Functional Devise)
b) Printers
c) Print room / reprographic
d) Desktops
e) Laptops
f) Displays
Q1. Please name all the IT resellers that you have contacts with and buy from.
Q2. What is the length of the contracts, more specifically their end date, with the named IT resellers in question 1.
Q3. What year and month is the next hardware refresh due?
Q4. Please name the number of devices deployed by the University?
Q5. In reply to question 4, which department/facility are those located?
Q6. Please name the brand and model of the devices mentioned and the spend for each product.
Q7. Details on how these were procured. i.e. By Framework
i. Procurement method
ii. If Framework, please state which one.
Q8. Do you normally purchase equipment as services or as a capital?
Q9. What is your annual print/copy volume and spend?
Q10. Who is the person(s) within your organization responsible for the MFD's, print hardware, and supplies contract(s)? Please provide their title and their contact details.
Q11. Who is responsible for purchasing end user devices such as laptops, desktops, displays and accessories? Please provide their title, and their contact details.

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Varns

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Nicola Frost
Freedom of Information Manager – MSE Group
Corporate Governance & Membership Services
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Basildon University Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL
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Dear Mr Varns,

This request is a duplicate of the one you sent to this trust on Friday 22 January 2021.

We will respond to the earlier request and disregard this one.

With best regards,

Alan Larn.

Corporate Governance Administrator
Freedom of Information
Corporate Governance & Membership Services

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Tel: 01268 524900 ext 3217

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Dear Mr Varns,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 27.01.2021, which
has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 
Firstly may I apologise on behalf of the trust for the delay in providing
your response, which was primarily due to the demands upon all areas of
the trust during the pandemic.

 

Your request and our response are as follows:

 

We would be grateful if you could help in answering our request for
information for the following questions; answering for A-F on questions
1-8.
a) Photocopiers/MFDs (Multi-Functional Devise)
b) Printers
c) Print room / reprographic
d) Desktops
e) Laptops
f) Displays

Q1. Please name all the IT resellers that you have contacts with and buy
from. The Trust uses a competitive process for low value orders as per
outlined standing financial instructions. For higher value spend
framework/tender processes are followed and awarded appropriately.
Desktops – Dell, Laptops – HP, Printers – Multiple agreements in place.
Q2. What is the length of the contracts, more specifically their end date,
with the named IT resellers in question 1. Dell 31/03/2021, HP
31/03/2021, Xerox 30/09/2021
Q3. What year and month is the next hardware refresh due? Hardware
refresh for desktops and laptops completed 20/21. Ongoing incremental
replacements will continue.
Q4. Please name the number of devices deployed by NHS? All equipment is
deployed by NHS staff
Q5. In reply to question 4, which department/facility are those located?
Please clarify
Q6. Please name the brand and model of the devices mentioned and the spend
for each product. As per answer 1
Q7. Details on how these were procured. i.e. By Framework i. Procurement
method ii. If Framework, please state which one. Framework award
Q8. Do you normally purchase equipment as services or as a capital?
Mixture of capital and service.
Q9. What is your annual print/copy volume and spend? Currently being
reviewed. Data is being aggregated as part of a Managed print review.
Q10. Who is the person(s) within your organization responsible for the
MFD's, print hardware, and supplies contract(s)? Please provide their
title and their contact details. Head of Procurement
Q11. Who is responsible for purchasing end user devices such as laptops,
desktops, displays and accessories? Please provide their title, and their
contact details. Head of Digital Operations

 

Please be advised that Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust (BTUH) Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
(SHUT) and Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust (MEHT) ceased to exist on
31 March 2020. 

 

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT), which was formed on 1
April 2020 by merger of Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Basildon
and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Southend
University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, is now responsible for all
Freedom of Information requests concerning the three former trusts.

 

The Freedom of Information address for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation
Trust is [1][email address].  All future requests should be sent to
that address, from which all responses to new requests will be sent.

 

I hope that the response that the Trust has provided is satisfactory. 
However, if you are dissatisfied with the way in which your Freedom of
Information request has been dealt with you can request an internal
review. Please email [2][email address] within 40 working days with
clarification of what you would like to be reviewed. We will aim to
provide a review response within 20 working days.

 

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to apply to the Information Commissioner to seek resolution to the matter.
Further details can be found on their website:
[3]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.

 

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Kind regards

 

Nicola Frost

Freedom of Information Manager – MSE Group

Corporate Governance & Membership Services

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Basildon University Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL

Telephone: 01268 593631

Email: [5][email address]

Visit our website: [6]https://www.mse.nhs.uk/

 

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