Print Management and Energy Consumption

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Dear The Challenge Academy Trust,

I would be very grateful if you would provide me with answers for the following questions regarding your carbon goals and printer agreements through the organisation:

• What is the current average energy charge within the organisation (kW hour)?
• What Carbon reduction goals are in place within the organisation?
• What is the contact email for the person who deals with sustainability and ESG matters within the organisation?

• Do you lease/rent or Purchase your MFD’s/Photocopiers?
• Who is your current supplier?
• What is the current number of MFD’s/Photocopiers within the organisation
• What make/model are the MFDs/Photocopiers
• What is the total mono print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers
• What is the total colour print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers
• What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?
• When does the Rental and or service agreement end for the MFDs/photocopiers, and what was the original contract term?

• Do you lease/rent or Purchase your desktop printers?
• Who is the current supplier?
• What is the current number of desktop printers within the organisation?
• What make/model are the desktop printers
• What is the total mono print volume for the desktop printers
• What is the total colour print volume for the desktop printers?
• What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?
• When does the rental and or service agreement end for the desktop printers, and what was the original contract term?
• What is the contact email for the person who deals with the printer and MFD contracts?

Yours faithfully,

Amber Byrne

admin, The Challenge Academy Trust

Dear Amber,

I acknowledge your request made on Tuesday 19th December. We will respond within 20 working days (i.e. 19th January. I would like to advise you that we may be applying s.12 to part of this request as well as s.43(2) of the FOIA 2000.

TCAT Administration

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admin, The Challenge Academy Trust

Dear Amber,

Please see below our response to your Freedom of Information Request.

• What is the current average energy charge within the organisation (kW hour)?
The Trust's contract is sourced through public procurement framework agreement via Crown Commercial Services. The energy charge is commercially sensitive information and therefore exempt under section 43(2) of the FOIA.

• What Carbon reduction goals are in place within the organisation?
Our sustainability objectives are contained within the Strategic Action Plan available on our website https://www.tcat.uk.com/governance/

• What is the contact email for the person who deals with sustainability and ESG matters within the organisation?
This is personal information protected under the DPA. Individuals can be contacted through [TCAT request email]

• Do you lease/rent or Purchase your MFD’s/Photocopiers?
We lease MFDs through a public procurement framework agreement via Crown Commercial Services. The terms and conditions for these framework contracts are publicly available through their website.

• Who is your current supplier?
This is commercially sensitive information and therefore exempt under section 43(2) of the FOIA.

• What is the current number of MFD’s/Photocopiers within the organisation
70 approximately

• What make/model are the MFDs/Photocopiers
The make and model vary according to need. We principally use machines from Kyocera, RICOH and Konica

• What is the total mono print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers
This is commercially sensitive information and therefore exempt under section 43(2) of the FOIA.

• What is the total colour print volume for the MFD’s/Photocopiers
This is commercially sensitive information and therefore exempt under section 43(2) of the FOIA.

• What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?
This is commercially sensitive information and therefore exempt under section 43(2) of the FOIA.

• When does the Rental and or service agreement end for the MFDs/photocopiers, and what was the original contract term?
In accordance with CCS framework, the original agreement was a 5-year contract which is currently in year 2

• Do you lease/rent or Purchase your desktop printers?
We do not have any desktop printers

• Who is the current supplier?
N/A
• What is the current number of desktop printers within the organisation?
N/A
• What make/model are the desktop printers
N/A
• What is the total mono print volume for the desktop printers
N/A
• What is the total colour print volume for the desktop printers?
N/A
• What is the approximate spend on service over the last 12 months?
N/A
• When does the rental and or service agreement end for the desktop printers, and what was the original contract term?
N/A
• What is the contact email for the person who deals with the printer and MFD contracts?
N/A

Kind regards,
TCAT Administration

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