ICT Freedom of Information data
We often get asked the following questions
Who are the senior people within ICT?
- Head of ICT - Sharon Thornton - s.thornton@preston.gov.uk
- Information and Security Officer - Andy Heywood - a.heywood@preston.gov.uk
Contract arrangements
- Contract used for Procurement of Multifunctional Device's (MFDs) - Dukefield 01
- Multifunctional Device's (MFDs) supplier - Canon
- Multifunctional Device's (MFDs) Contract term - 3 years with 2 year option to extend
- Multifunctional Device's (MFDs) Contract start date - 2015 to 2019
- Multifunctional Device's (MFDs) Contract end date - 2020 to 2024
- Amount of Multifunctional Device's (MFDs) - 20
- Amount of Printers - 80
- Do we use managed print software - No
- Do we use smart cards for authentication on MFD's - No
Is the Councils' Local Area Network (LAN) maintenance contracted out or managed in-house
The Councils Local Area Network (LAN) is Managed in-house. We use Hewlett Packard (HP) hardware equipment and have the following number of users and sites:
- Number of users: 650
- Number of Sites: 14
List of Sites
- Town Hall
- Harris Museum and Art Gallery
- Markets
- Argyll Road
- Cemetery
- Crematorium
- Riversway
- Guild Hall
- Avenham Car Park
- Moor Park
- Avenham Park
- Miller Park
- DR Site
- Lancaster City Council
The Council's website information
- What type of hosting does the website use (for example dedicated, co-Location, cloud Hosting or other?) - We host the website with GOSS Interactive, who use Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as their hosting platforms
- Who is the supplier of the contract? - GOSS Interactive
- What is the annual contract value for each contract - £8,340 per year
- What type of cloud environment are you using, if applicable? - We use the GOSS Cloud Services infrastructure which is powered by various public cloud providers including Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform
- What is the original start date of the contract agreement? - The website agreement started in January 2019
- What is the actual expiry date of the contract agreement? - renewal date is 30 January 2024
- When will the organisation plan to review this contract? - reviewed annually
- What is the contract period in years? Please include whether the agreement has any extension periods? - the contract was a 3 year contract, however this is now a yearly rolling contract which is reviewed annually and discussed with the supplier
- What services are provided under the contract? - GOSS content and forms (lite), search facility, Service Directory Template, content management platform, training and integration with various third party systems
- Do you manage any other website? - The Council manages the following website:
Can you please provide me with the contract officer responsible for this contract? - Ian Heslop, Digital and Web Manager, i.heslop@preston.gov.uk
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