Education, Children’s, and Adults FOI

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Natalie Johnson
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Dear Doncaster Borough Council,

I would be grateful if you could please provide the following information:

1. The software suppliers your Local Authority uses for:
• Education management, including but not limited to Admissions, Early Years, Home to School Transport, Free School Meals, Children in Employment, Children in Entertainment, Children’s Missing Education, SEND, NEET, Youth Offending, Children’s Centre Management
• Children’s social care case management
• Children’s social care finance
• Adults social care case management
• Adults social care finance

2. The amount paid to these suppliers annually for licencing, support and maintenance and cloud hosting (if applicable)
3. The contract term, renewal dates and optional extension periods – if your contract is an annual rolling renewal then please state this
4. The notice period you are required to give for each
5. The contract manager responsible for market engagement when the contracts end.

Yours faithfully,

Natalie Johnson

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Dear Natalie,

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 21st August 2024.

Yours sincerely

Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

Address Floor Two, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU Website www.doncaster.gov.uk

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Dear Natalie
 
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 24^th July. Please
find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have
raised.
 
1.      The software suppliers your Local Authority uses for:
•       Education management, including but not limited to Admissions,
Early Years, Home to School Transport, Free School Meals, Children in
Employment, Children in Entertainment, Children’s Missing Education, SEND,
NEET, Youth Offending, Children’s Centre Management
        All except those noted below are covered by Synergy or Mosaic –
supplied by The Access Group
Free Schools Meals –  The online Free School Meals application is through
Lagan. Then we process them via the NEC software solutions processing
system.
SEND – in addition to using Synergy the business also use IDOX for the
recording of EHCPs. Virtual school use Welfare call to collect attendance
and attainment for children in care
Youth Offending –CCIS/Core+
Childrens Centre Management – E-Start in Family Hubs. This is listed on
the contracts register ref: C8896
•       Children’s social care case management
        Mosaic – The Access Group
•       Children’s social care finance
        Mosaic – The Access Group
 
•       Adults social care case management
        Mosaic – The Access Group
•       Adults social care finance
        Mosaic  / Provider Portal – The Access Group
2.      The amount paid to these suppliers annually for licencing, support
and maintenance and cloud hosting (if applicable)
        Available via the Contract Register  
[1]https://doncastercouncil.secure.force.co...
 
 
3.      The contract term, renewal dates and optional extension periods –
if your contract is an annual rolling renewal then please state this
        Available via the Contract Register  
[2]https://doncastercouncil.secure.force.co...
 
 
4.      The notice period you are required to give for each
        None the contract will terminate at their end dates
 
5.      The contract manager responsible for market engagement when the
contracts end.
        Available on the Contract Register
[3]https://doncastercouncil.secure.force.co...
 
I hope that this information is useful to you.
 
City of Doncaster Council estimates that it has cost £98 to respond to
this request for information.
 
Reviewing any decisions made:
 
If you are not happy with this reply you can ask us to review our
response. To do this write to us within 40 working days of receiving your
response at the address below or email [4][email address] 
 
If you do not agree with the review decision you can apply to the
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision about our
compliance or otherwise with the Freedom of Information legislation.
Contact details for the ICO are: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF. [5]www.ico.org.uk Telephone 0303 123 1113. 
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
 
Address Floor Two, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU Website
[6]www.doncaster.gov.uk
 
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Please treat the content of this e-mail as confidential. If you have
received this e-mail and
it is not addressed to you please accept my apologies and inform me as
soon as possible.
 

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