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Response 3759856

Response to request for information

Reference

3759856

Response date

5 June 2025

Request

For each of the area, I kindly request the following:

  1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract?

  2. What is the annual spend for each contract?

  3. What is the description of the services provided?

  4. Primary brand (where applicable)

  5. What is the start date of the contract?

  6. What is the expiry date of the contract?

  7. What is the total duration of the contract?

  8. Who is the responsible contract officer?
     • Please include at least their job title, and where possible, name, contact number, and direct email address

How many licences or users are included (where applicable)?

 

1. Standard Firewall (Network)

Firewall services that protect the organisation’s network from unauthorised access and other internet security threats.

2. Anti-virus Software Application

Programs designed to prevent, detect, and remove viruses, malware, trojans, adware, and related threats.

3. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement

A volume licensing agreement that may include:

  • Microsoft 365 (Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams)
  • Windows Enterprise
  • Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS)
  • Azure services (committed or pay-as-you-go)

4. Microsoft Power BI

Or any alternative business intelligence platform used for data connectivity, dashboards, and reporting.

Response

  1. Standard Firewall (Network).
  2. Anti-virus Software Application

Rushcliffe Borough Council is withholding the specific contract information requested for our Standard Firewall (Network) services under Section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This section exempts information if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime.

Disclosing details such as the supplier, specific brand, and contract dates of our network firewall could potentially provide malicious actors with information that could be exploited to compromise our network security, thereby increasing the risk of cyber-attacks and other criminal activities.

  1. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
  • 3.1 Who is the existing supplier for this contract? - Bytes
  • 3.2 What is the annual spend for each contract? - £83,710.27
  • 3.3 What is the description of the services provided? - Original FSA Renewal
  • 3.4 Primary brand (where applicable) - Microsoft
  • 3.5 What is the start date of the contract? - 30/06/2024
  • 3.6 What is the expiry date of the contract? - 30/06/2027
  • 3.7 What is the total duration of the contract? - 3 years
  • 3.8 Who is the responsible contract officer?

We do not provide the name, direct contact number, or direct email address of the responsible contract officer. This information is considered personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018 and is withheld under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Releasing these specific personal details for an officer not in a designated public-facing role for such inquiries would contravene data protection principles.

Job title for the contact of the contract is ICT Operations Manager who can be contacted via ictinfo@rushcliffe.gov.uk

  • 3.9 How many licences or users are included - 300
  1. Microsoft Power BI.

This is included in our Microsoft Enterprise agreement (question 3)

FOI Contracts and Procurement