Design Services Information request

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Dear Bishop Grosseteste University 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,

Adrian Spencer

Guenever Moyes, Bishop Grosseteste University

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Adrian Spencer

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Dear Mr Spencer

 

FOI REQUEST - Design Services (Bishop Grosseteste University)

Emailed: 05 February 2014 13:38

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request relating to
prospectus design & artwork and website design & management (a copy of
your full request is attached below).

The request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  This means that you can expect to receive a
response from us within 20 working days or by 5 March 2014. 

 

Please contact me if you have any queries about this email or about the
progress of your request ([2][email address]).

 

If you are dissatisfied with the service you receive in relation to your
request, and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review, then
please write to Ms Haf Merrifield, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Bishop
Grosseteste University, Lincoln LN1 3DY ([3][email address]).

 

If you are not content with the outcome of a complaint or internal review,
you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner.  Generally,
however, he cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints and review procedures provided by the University itself.  The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire  SK9
5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Guenever Moyes

Archivist & Records Manager

 

 

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Bishop Grosseteste University

Lincoln

LN1 3DY

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Telephone   (01522) 583792   |   Email   [5][email address]

Twitter   [6]www.twitter.com/bishopglibrary   |   Facebook 
 [7]www.facebook.com/bishopglibrary   |   Website   [8]www.bishopg.ac.uk

 

 

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Guenever Moyes, Bishop Grosseteste University

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Adrian Spencer

[1][mailto:[FOI #196083 email]]

 

 

Dear Mr Spencer

 

FOI REQUEST - Design Services (Bishop Grosseteste University)

Emailed: 05 February 2014 13:38

Acknowledged: 10 February 2014 13:25

 

I write in response to your recent request for information relating to
design services (a copy of your full request is attached).

 

Most of the information that you requested has been provided below. 
However, some information relating to costs has been withheld.  Whilst I
can confirm that we hold information about costs that is relevant to your
request, we are withholding it under Section 43.2 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests).  This is a qualified
exemption which means that it is subject to the public interest test.

 

In this case, we considered:

 

                         i.              the public interest in ensuring
that the University is able to participate competitively and fairly in a
commercial activity such as the purchase of goods and services

                       ii.              the public interest in ensuring
that we as a public authority get value for money when purchasing goods or
services

                     iii.              the public interest in scrutinizing
how public money is spent (including issues of accountability and
transparency)

                     iv.              the public interest in ensuring that
there is competition for public sector contracts, and

                       v.              the public interest in ensuring
that commercial companies are able to compete fairly in the provision and
sale of goods and services.

 

Having taken all these issues into account and considered where the
balance of the public interest lies, we are satisfied that the public
interest in withholding information relating to costs (as specified below)
outweighs the public interest in disclosure. This is because disclosing
details of the value of our current or most recent contracts would be
likely to weaken our bargaining position in the market-place when
procuring or purchasing similar services in the future. This would
prejudice the commercial interests of the University as a purchaser which
we do not consider would be in the public interest.  The following
detailed guidance on this exemption has been published by the Information
Commissioner’s Office:

[2]http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/guid...

[3]http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/guid...

 

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1.              Prospectus Design and Artwork

 

When will you be tendering for your next prospectus?

Invitations to tender will be sent out in the spring or summer of 2014.

 

Who designed your last prospectus and when was this?

Sean Coleman Design.  Project ended in January 2014.

 

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

5 tenders were received, as follows:

§    Sean Coleman Design (which won the tender)

§    Ruddocks

§    Optima Design

§    Design by Distraction

§    dSquared

 

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

Information has been withheld under Section 43.2 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests).  A full explanation of the
exemption used has been given above.

 

How many did you get printed?

25,000 copies

 

How much did you pay for the printing?

Information has been withheld under Section 43.2 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests).  A full explanation of the
exemption used has been given above.

 

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2.              Website Design and Management

 

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

We have no plans at present for future refreshes or redesigns (see
response to next question).

 

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

An update is currently in the design stage.

 

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

Two companies tendered as follows:

§   IRW Systems (which won the tender)

§   Salford Software

 

How much did this cost?

Information has been withheld under Section 43.2 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests).  A full explanation of the
exemption used has been given above.

 

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Please contact me if you have any queries about our response or about the
information provided ([4][email address]).

 

If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review,
then please write to Ms Haf Merrifield, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Bishop
Grosseteste University, Lincoln LN1 3DY ([5][email address]).

 

If you are not content with the outcome of a complaint or internal review,
you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner.  Generally,
however, he cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints and review procedures provided by the University itself.  The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire  SK9
5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Guenever Moyes

Archivist & Records Manager

 

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Bishop Grosseteste University

Lincoln

LN1 3DY

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Telephone   (01522) 583792   |   Email   [7][email address]

Twitter   [8]www.twitter.com/bishopglibrary   |   Facebook 
 [9]www.facebook.com/bishopglibrary   |   Website   [10]www.bishopg.ac.uk

 

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