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Dear London School of Economics,

1. Number of Printers within the University?
2. Did you lease/rent or purchase the printers?
3. If leased/rented what is the annual lease/rent charge?
4. Who are the main printer supplier(s)?
5. Does the University have a support contract(s) for Printers?
6. What is the length of the printer support contract?
7. What are the start and end dates for the print support
contract(s)?
8. What is the approximate spend on printers and consumables
during the last financial year?
9. What is the total mono print volume per annum?
10. What is the total colour print volume per annum?
11. What is the number of MFD’s or Photocopiers within the
University?
12. Who are the main MFD/Copier Suppliers(s)
13. What is the length of the MFD/copy contract(s)?
14. What are the start and end dates on the MFD/copy contracts(s)?
15. Approximate spend on MFD’s/copiers and consumables during the last
financial year?
16. If leased/rented what is the annual lease/rent charge?
17. What is the total mono MFD/copy volume per annum?
18. What is the total colour MFD/copy volume per annum?
19. Does the University have a managed print contract?
20. What are the start and end dates for this contract?
21. Which procurement route or framework was used to procure this
service?
22. Does the University have one or more onsite print rooms?
23. If the University has an onsite print room is this managed in
house or outsourced?
24. How many staff work in the print room (s)?
25. Who are the main MFD/Photocopier Suppliers(s) for the
Print room devices?
26. What is the length of the MFD/Photocopier contract(s) for the
Print room?
27. What are the start and end dates on the MFD/Photocopier
contracts(s) for the Print room?
28. If leased/rented what is the annual lease/rent charge?
29. Which procurement route or framework was used to procure this
service?
30. What is the approximate spend on MFD’s/Photocopiers and
consumables for the last financial year for the print room?
31. What is the total mono MFD/copy volume per annum?
32. What is the total colour MFD/copy volume per annum?

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Smith

GLPD.Info.Rights, London School of Economics

Dear Andrew,

With reference to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act, please find below the School's response.

1. Number of Printers within the University? 319 (LANSweeper totals –Network attached only - July 2019)
2. Did you lease/rent or purchase the printers? Purchase
3. If leased/rented what is the annual lease/rent charge? N/A
4. Who are the main printer supplier(s)? THE DTP Group (LUPC - NEPA)
5. Does the University have a support contract(s) for Printers? Departments Division may elect to buy HP Carepacks are bought. The School’s strategy it to reduce the number of desktop printers in preference of MFDs
6. What is the length of the printer support contract? N/A
7. What are the start and end dates for the print support contract(s)? N/A
8. What is the approximate spend on printers and consumables during the last financial year? £70K
9. What is the total mono print volume per annum? Not actively monitored. We can only provide a rough “total print” figure based on archived LANSweeper snapshot reports, so provided in good faith: 4,788,363
10. What is the total colour print volume per annum? See above.
11. What is the number of MFD’s or Photocopiers within the University? 148
12. Who are the main MFD/Copier Suppliers(s) Canon UK Ltd
13. What is the length of the MFD/copy contract(s)? Two contracts. Both 5 years
14. What are the start and end dates on the MFD/copy contracts(s)? Contract A) September 2015 to September 2020 for 124 devices. Contract B) May 2019 to May 2024 for 24 devices
15. Approximate spend on MFD’s/copiers and consumables during the last financial year? This is commercially sensitive information so exempt under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
16. If leased/rented what is the annual lease/rent charge? This is commercially sensitive information so exempt under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
17. What is the total mono MFD/copy volume per annum? 10,890,374 from July 1st 2018 to June 30th 2019
18. What is the total colour MFD/copy volume per annum? 1,552,975 from July 1st 2018 to June 30th 2019
19. Does the University have a managed print contract? Yes
20. What are the start and end dates for this contract? Contract A) September 2015 to September 2020 for 124 devices. Contract B) May 2019 to May 2024 for 24 devices
21. Which procurement route or framework was used to procure this service? Contact A) CCS RM1599 & RM3781 Lot 2. Contract B) NEPA ITS2003NE Lot 2
22. Does the University have one or more onsite print rooms? One print room
23. If the University has an onsite print room is this managed in house or outsourced? In-house
24. How many staff work in the print room (s)? 6
25. Who are the main MFD/Photocopier Suppliers(s) for the Print room devices? Canon UK Ltd
26. What is the length of the MFD/Photocopier contract(s) for the Print room? 5 years
27. What are the start and end dates on the MFD/Photocopier contracts(s) for the Print room? September 2015 to September 2020
28. If leased/rented what is the annual lease/rent charge? This is commercially sensitive information so exempt under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
29. Which procurement route or framework was used to procure this service? CCS RM1599
30. What is the approximate spend on MFD’s/Photocopiers and consumables for the last financial year for the print room? Commercially sensitive information
31. What is the total mono MFD/copy volume per annum? July 1st 2018 to June 30th 2019 mono total 6,651,843 copies
32. What is the total colour MFD/copy volume per annum? July 1st 2018 to June 30th 2019 colour total 571,892 copies

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Yours sincerely,
Rachael Maguire
Information and Records Manager
London School of Economics

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