Finance Management Systems for your schools

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Dear Bridgend County Borough Council,

Please can you respond to the following questions with regards to Finance Management Systems within your maintained schools:

1) Which Finance Management System do you use?
2) Do you mandate a particular Finance Management System to your schools? If so what system?
3) When does the contract expire?
4) What is the value of the current contract?
5) Please provide the name, direct telephone number and email address of the contact that manages the procurement process, when looking at Finance Management Systems for your schools.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Jones

foi, Bridgend County Borough Council

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST X01-5723

 

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foi, Bridgend County Borough Council

Dear Mr Jones,  

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST X01- 5723

 

We refer to your email dated 13 December 2016 which contained a request
for information as set out in italics below.  Following consideration of
your request, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
respond to each point as follows:

 

1)Which Finance Management System do you use?

Advanced Business Solutions E5

 

2)Do you mandate a particular Finance Management System to your schools?
If so what system?

No

 

3)When does the contract expire?

31^st March 2018

 

4)What is the value of the current contract?

£92,159.15 per annum

 

5)Please provide the name, direct telephone number and email address of
the contact that manages the procurement process, when looking at Finance
Management Systems for your schools.

None as system not mandated.

 

I hope this response satisfies your request. If you are dissatisfied with
the handling of the request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you
have the right to request a review of the Council’s response to your
request for information.  If you wish to request a review, please write
to:

 

Mr P A Jolley

Corporate Director, Operational and

Partnership Services and Monitoring Officer

Bridgend County Borough Council

Civic Offices,

Angel Street

Bridgend, CF31 4WB

 

within 28 days of the date of this letter.  If you remain dissatisfied
with the outcome of that review, you may seek further recourse by lodging
an appeal with the Information Commissioner at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office – Wales

2^nd Floor

Churchill House

Churchill Way

Cardiff

CF10 2HH

Tel:  02920 678400

Fax:  02920 678399

E:mail : [1][email address]

Website:  [2]www.ico.org.uk

 

Yours sincerely

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Freedom of Information Office

Bridgend County Borough Council

Level 2, Civic Offices

Angel Street

Bridgend

CF31 4WB

Tel: 01656 643565

Email: [Bridgend County Borough Council request email]

 

 

 

 

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