Sapphire Systems Finance Contract

FOI request reference: CAS-107331
Publication date: January 2023

Request

As per my records, Sapphire Systems finance contract has expired. I would like to know whether this contract is still valid or replaced by any other supplier.

If all the information besides the contract dates are the same, I am happy to just receive an update on the contract dates

  1. Name of Supplier: Can you please provide me with the software provider for each contract?
  2. 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.
  3. Description of the contract: Can you please provide me with detailed information about this contract and please state if upgrade, maintenance and support is included.
    Please also list the software modules included in these contracts.
  4. Number of Users/Licenses: What is the total number of user/licenses for this contract?
  5. Annual Spend: What is the annual average spend for each contract?
  6. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract please include any available extensions within the contract.
  7. 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.
  8. Contract Expiry: What is the expiry date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.
  9. 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.
  10. 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).

Outcome

Some Information Provided

Response

This contract is still valid with the same supplier. The contract dates and value are updated and published on gov.uk.
Information about all contracts and agreements with a value over £10,000 are published and in the public domain. Therefore, this information is covered by the exemption at section 21 of the FOI Act. You can access this information via the link below:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/240c47d5-c3d9-4e6f-a1e9-877bfe28f1c8

Explanatory Annex

Exemptions applied
Section 21: Information readily available to the applicant by other means
Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means.

In this case, the exemption applies because the information is already available at Finance Systems Support – Contracts Finder

Further guidance on the application of this exemption can be found at:

https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1203/information-reasonably-accessible-to-the-applicant-by-other-means-sec21.pdf