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Freedom of Information request on the organisation’s Local Area Network (LAN) contract (FOI 21-381)

Published 28 June 2021

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6th May 2021 FOI 21/381 Dear

Thank you for your email of 8th April 2021.

Please find answers to your questions in red below:

Please can you send me the organisation’s Local Area Network (LAN) contract, which may include the following: • Support and Maintenance- e.g. switches, router, software etc • Managed- If this includes services than just LAN. 1. Contract Type: Managed or Maintenance – Managed

  1. Existing Supplier: Who is the current supplier? GPA (Government Property Agency) NTT Data

  2. 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. NTT – ~500k GPA - ~60k

  3. Number of Users: Please can you provide me with the number of users this contract covers. Approximate number of users will also be acceptable. ~1300 ~350

  4. Number of Sites: The number of sites, where equipment is supported by each contract. 2

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

  6. Contract Description: Please provide me with a brief description of the overall contract. LAN Managed Services and Network Managed Services

  7. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract is and can you please also include any extensions this may include. GPA - Annual NTT - 4 Years

  8. Contract Expiry Date: When does the contract expire? GPA - April 2021 NTT - February 2024

  9. Contract Review Date: When will the organisation be planning to review the contract? GPA - Not Applicable NTT – June 2023

  10. Responsible Officer: Contact details including name, job title, contact number and email address? Contact email itcommercialmanagement@mhra.gov.uk
    All other contact details withheld under section 43 (2)

If the LAN maintenance is included in-house please include the following information: N/A

  1. Hardware Brand: What is the hardware brand of the LAN equipment?
  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.
  3. Number of Sites: Estimated/Actual number of sites the LAN covers.
  4. Responsible Officer: Who within the organisation is responsible for LAN please provide me with contact details including name, job title, contact number and email address?

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

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Yours sincerely

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