Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 – Network Provider(s) - Please provide me with the network provider name ?
EE
Question 2 – Annual Average Spend for each Network Provider - Can you please provide me with the average annual spend over the last 3 years. If this is a new contract, can you please provide the estimated annual spend ?
£56,375
Question 3 – Number of Connections- Number of connections for each network provider. (Number of voices only devices, voice and data devices, data only devices) please provide me with the breakdown and not the overall total ?
820
Question 4 – Duration of the contract- please state if the contract also includes contract extensions for each provider ? One off purchase for devices. // - 36 Months
Question 5 – Contract Start Date- please can you provide me with the start date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date. I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. (if there are multiple start dates, could you please provide me with the earliest date for each provider) ?
13.01.2023
Question 6– Contract Expiry Date- please can you provide me with the expiry date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date. I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. If the contract is rolling, please state ?
12.01.2026
Question 7 – Contract Review Date- Please can you provide me with a date when the organisation plans to review this contract ?
01.03.2025
Question 8 – The person in the organisation responsible for this particular contract. Can you send me the full contact details Contact Name, Job Title, Contact Number and direct email address for each network provider? If full contact details cannot be provided, please send me their actual job title ?
ICT Category Manager - contracts@essex-fire.gov.uk
Question 9 – If the mobile phone contract is provided by a managed contract, please provide me with the actual name of the network provider along with the number of connections and the internal contact from within the organisation responsible for this contract ?
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Question 10 – Please can you provide me with the latest information- If the organisations are currently out to tender, please can you also state the approx. date of the award along with the information above ?
N/A
Question 11 – Also, if the contract in the response has expired/rolling please can you provide me with further information if available of the organisation's plans going forward with regards to mobiles and the contract status?
N/A
Question 12 – If this contract was awarded within the past three months, can you please provide me with a shortlist of suppliers that bid on the contract?
N/A
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