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FOI / 3925 / 2019 - Contracts

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.

Please see below the answer to your request.

Initial Request:

I want to apologise in advance for the length of this request, the first part is just an outline of the request bellow (A-D) I have added this for clarification so you know exactly what I am referring to. Can you please read all the information within the request this is an urgent request so if you could please provide me with the information before the 20 working days this will be greatly appreciated.

The information I require relates to the organisations software contract, please send me the organisations primary contract around the types of contract below.

I require the organisations to provide me with the following contract information relating to the following corporate software/enterprise applications:

A. Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solution (ERP) -this is the organisations main ERP system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades.

B. Primary Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution-this is the organisations main CRM system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. Example of CRM systems the organisation may use could include Microsoft Dynamics, Front Office, Lagan CRM, Firmstep

C. Primary Human Resources (HR) and Payroll Software Solution-this is the organisations mainHR/payroll system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. In some cases the HR contract maybe separate to the payroll contract please provide both types of contracts. Example of HR/Payroll systems the organisation may use could include iTrent, Resourcelink.

D. The organisations primary corporate Finance Software Solution-this is the organisations main Finance system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. Example of finance systems the organisation may use could include E-Business suite, Agresso (Unit4), eFinancials, Integra, SAP

In some cases you may come across contracts that provides service support maintenance and upgrades separate to the main software contract, please also provide this information in the response following the requested data below.

For each of the categories above can you please provide me with the relevant contract information listed below:

1. Software Category: ERP, CRM, HR, Payroll, Finance

2. Name of Supplier: Can you please provide me with the software provider for each contract?

P. 3. The brand of the software: Can you please provide me with the actual name of the software. Please do not provide me with the supplier name again please provide me with the actual software name.

4. Description of the contract: Please do not just state two to three words can you please provide me with detailed information about this contract and please state if upgrade, maintenance and support is included.Please also include any modules included within the contract as this will support the categories you have selected in question 1.

5. Number of Users/Licenses: What is the total number of user/licenses for this contract?

6. Annual Spend: What is the annual average spend for each contract?

7. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract please include any available extensions within the contract.

8. Contract Start Date: What is the start date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.9. Contract Expiry: What is the expiry date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.10. Contract Review Date: What is the review date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. If this cannot be provide please provide me estimates of when the contract is likely to be reviewed. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.11. Contact Details: I require the full contact details of the person within the organisation responsible for this particular software contract (name, job title, email, contact number).

Final Response:

The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 (1) of the FOIA Act 2000. Section 21 is an absolute exemption and is not subject to the public interest test.(1)Information, which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1, is exempt information.

The information you have requested is publicly available here:http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk In addition, more specifically: http://contracts.eelga.gov.uk/search/?o=Essex+Police%2c+Fire+and+Crime+Commissioner+Fire+and+Rescue+Authority