FOI 1704 - LAN Contract

I would like to request the following information about the organisation’s Local Area Network (LAN) environment.

1.       Contract Type:     Maintenance

2.       Existing Supplier: Who is the current supplier?   All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

3.       Annual Spend for each supplier: What is the annual average spending on the supplier above? If there is more than one supplier, please split the annual averages spent for each supplier. 

The costs for the current contract with Exponential-e are:

 01/10/21 – 30/09/22       £30,112.73

01/10/20 – 30/09/21       £29,885.66

 Previous to that it was this with telent

01/01/20 – 31/12/20       £56,751.02

01/01/19 – 31/12/20       £55,529.38

01/01/18 – 31/12/19       £78,159.16

4.       Number of Users: Please can you provide me with the number of users this contract covers. Approximate number of users will also be acceptable.  =  800

 5.       Number of Sites: The number of sites, where equipment is supported by each contract.  = 31

 6.       Hardware Brand: What is the hardware brand of the LAN equipment?  = Cisco

 7.       Contract Description: Please provide me with a brief description of the overall contract. 

All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

 8.       Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract and can you please also include any extensions this may include. 

All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

9.       Contract Expiry Date: When does the contract expire? 

All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

 10.   Contract Review Date: When will the organisation be planning to review the contract?   

January 2023

11.   Responsible Officer: Contact details including name, job title, contact number and email address?  

Andy Robson, Head of IT (andy.robson@cheshire.police.uk); Anita Gibbs, Head of Procurement and Contracts (anita.gibbs@cheshire.police.uk)

 If the LAN maintenance is included in-house please include the following information:   Not Applicable

 If the contract is managed by a 3rd party e.g. Can you please provide me with:

 1.       Existing Supplier: Who is the current supplier?  All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

 2.       Number of Users: Please can you provide me with the number of users this contract covers. Approximate number of users will also be acceptable.  = 800

 3.       Number of Sites: Estimated/Actual number of sites the LAN covers.  =31

 4.       Contract Type: Managed, Maintenance, Installation, Software 

All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

 5.       Hardware Brand: What is the hardware brand of the LAN equipment?    Cisco

 6.       Contract Description: Please provide me with a brief description of the overall contract. 

All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

 7.       Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract and can you please also include any extensions this may include. 

All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

 8.       Contract Expiry Date: When does the contract expire? 

All recorded information in relation to current Cheshire Fire contracts can be found by following link: https://www.blpd.gov.uk/foi/foi.aspx

9.       Contract Review Date: When will the organisation be planning to review the contract?  

January 2023

10.   Responsible Officer: Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contract(s) please provide me with contact details including name, job title, contact number and email address?  Andy Robson, Head of IT (andy.robson@cheshire.police.uk); Anita Gibbs, Head of Procurement and Contracts (anita.gibbs@cheshire.police.uk)