Design Services Information request

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Dear City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form 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

FOI Requests, City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College

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Our Reference:  16-04-01-AB

 

Dear Mr Arthur Burns

 

Thank you for your FOI request dated 28/04/16 requesting information
regarding our prospectus and website design management and associated
costs.  This request has been dealt with under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and I am writing to provide the College’s
response to your request. 

 

Please note that this response to your Freedom of Information request
should not be taken to constitute any form of consent for direct marketing
purposes.

 

I would like to respectfully remind you of your responsibilities under the
Data Protection Act 1998:

 

•             Section 11 of the Act provides individuals with a right to
prevent their details being used for direct marketing;

•             Section 7 of the Act also provides individuals the right to
find out what information is held about them and how it will be used; and

•                    The Data Protection Principles require that, among
other things, companies cannot hold on to personal data for longer than is
necessary, they must take steps to ensure its accuracy and they must hold
it securely.

 

Our responses are detailed in bold format underneath your individual
questions;

 

1. Prospectus Design and Artwork

 

When will you be tendering for your next prospectus?

We are in the process of tendering for our next prospectus now.  We
re-tender every 3 years and coordinate this with a refresh of our overall
marketing strategy, brand and identity.  This includes prospectus and
website design and other branding logos and idents.

 

Who designed your last prospectus?

Our last prospectus was designed by Lawrence Davis
([1]http://www.lawrencedavis.co.uk/)

 

and when was this?

This took place in May/June 2013

 

How many people tendered for your last prospectus?

We can confirm that 5 individuals or companies tendered for this in 2013.

 

and who were they? / How much did you pay for your last prospectus for the
design and artwork?

We can confirm that we hold the information you requested.  However, this
information is commercially sensitive and is therefore exempt from release
under sections 41 and 43 of the Freedom of Information Act.  Please see
the exemption notes at the end of this email for an explanation of our
reasons for exemption.

 

How many did you get printed?

We print approximately 9,000 copies of the prospectus per year and have
therefore printed approximately 27,000 over the three year period.

 

How much did you pay for the printing?

We can confirm that we hold the information you requested.  However, this
information is commercially sensitive and is therefore exempt from release
under sections 41 and 43 of the Freedom of Information Act.  Please see
the exemption notes at the end of this email for an explanation of our
reasons for exemption.

 

2. Website Design and Management

 

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

As detailed above we re-tender for these services every 3 years and are in
the process of re-tendering now.

 

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

Our current website design was updated in August 2013.

 

How many people tendered for your last website refresh?

We can confirm that 5 individuals or companies tendered for this.

 

and who were they? / How much did this cost?

We can confirm that we hold the information you requested.  However, this
information is commercially sensitive and is therefore exempt from release
under sections 41 and 43 of the Freedom of Information Act.  Please see
the exemption notes at the end of this email for an explanation of our
reasons for exemption.

 

 

Exemption Notes

 

Section 41 exempts information (price / identity) as it was agreed in
confidence and that duty of confidentiality is owed to the other party. 
Disclosure would be a breach of that confidence.

Section 43 exempts information which, if disclosed would be likely to
prejudice the commercial interests of any person.  It protects not only
the commercial interests of third parties but also the commercial
interests of the College.  It is intended to protect the ability of a
public body to obtain goods or services on the best possible commercial
terms and to protect the legitimate commercial interests of its supplier. 
This is especially pertinent during a tendering process as any response
can be seen as providing a commercial advantage to one potential
supplier.  The information you seek falls into this category.

 

I trust the above satisfactorily answers the questions you have asked.  If
you have any questions about this response then please contact the College
again via [2][email address] or at the address below. 

 

If you are not happy with this response you have the right to request an
internal review.  Please quote the reference number quoted at the top of
this response when contacting the College again.

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of the internal review you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).  The ICO
can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF or via their website at
[3]www.ico.org.uk.

 

Kind regards

City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College

 

[4]Title: SFC_LINK

Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RU

 

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