Software
Dear Havering Borough Council,
Please could you provide the following information regarding your current Software System:
1. What Software Systems are currently used by the Council for Planning, Land Charges, Building control and Public Protection/Licencing/Environmental Health?
2. When does each contract expire ?
3. How much does each system cost annually?
4. Are you planning to go to market for a different Software System? If so, when?
5. How many users / licenses for each system do you have?
6. Who is the person responsible for your Software System? Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible.
Yours faithfully,
Victoria Taylor
Dear Victoria Taylor
Acknowledgement of Information Request - AIR18944A
I acknowledge receipt of your request for information received on 19^th
November 2019. Your email is being considered and you will receive a
response to your request as soon as possible.
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Dear Ms Taylor
Access to Information Request - Notice of Exemption
Your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (the Act) regarding the following has now been considered.
+-------------------------------------------+
|Question|What Software Systems are |
|1 |currently used by the Council for |
| |Planning, Land Charges, Building |
| |control and Public |
| |Protection/Licencing/Environmental|
| |Health |
|--------+----------------------------------|
|Question|When does each contract expire |
|2 | |
|--------+----------------------------------|
|Question|How much does each system cost |
|3 |annually |
|--------+----------------------------------|
|Question|Are you planning to go to market |
|4 |for a different Software System? |
| |If so, when |
|--------+----------------------------------|
|Question|How many users / licenses for each|
|5 |system do you have |
|--------+----------------------------------|
|Question|Who is the person responsible for |
|6 |your Software System. Please |
| |provide full name, title and |
| |contact information if possible. |
+-------------------------------------------+
In accordance with the Act, this email acts as a Refusal Notice and
details of the exemption applied is as follows:
Exemption under section
S43 – Commercial Interests
Information the exemption applied to
All requested information
Reason for applying the exemption
43(2) The Council are about to re-tender for the contract and as such to
release the requested information would undermine the tender process.
Public Interest Test
Given the Council is about to re-tender for this contract, to release the
requested information would undermine the process and would give
competitors an unfair advantage. On balance the public interest weighs in
favour of the exemption.
I apologise that your request cannot be met on this occasion.
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request has been
handled you have the right to request an internal review within 3 months
by addressing your reasons to the:
Access to Information Team
London Borough of Havering
Town Hall
Main Road
Romford
RM1 3BD
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner at the
following address:
Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
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Yours sincerely
Access to Information
London Borough of Havering
Town Hall, Main Road, Romford, RM1 3BD
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This document is strictly confidential and is intended only for use by the
addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying,
distribution or other action taken in reliance of the information
contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Any views expressed by
the sender of this message are not necessarily those of the London Borough
of Havering. If you have received this transmission in error, please use
the reply function to tell us and then permanently delete what you have
received. This email was scanned for viruses by the London Borough of
Havering anti-virus services and on leaving the Authority was found to be
virus free. Please note: Incoming and outgoing e-mail messages are
routinely monitored for compliance with our policy on the use of
electronic communications.
Havering Council’s Privacy Notice can be found on our website Data
Protection,
https://www.havering.gov.uk/info/20044/c...,
which outlines your rights and how we collect, use, store, delete and
protect your personal data.
References
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3. http://www.havering.gov.uk/
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