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Freedom of Information HWHCT-200

Our ref: HWHCT-200

12 October 2022

FOI request

Further to the original Hosting request, the contract below has expired. Please provide the current status.

Cloud- Verseone

I wish to submit a request to the organisation around their hosting contract(s) with 3rd party providers.

The type of contract I wish to see is below:

1. Dedicated hosting- Managed environment

2. Co-Location- hosting allows a business to still own their own server equipment; however, instead of storing it in their own data centre, they instead are able to store it in rented space in a colocation hosting centre.

3. Cloud Hosting- Cloud Hosting Services provide hosting for websites on virtual servers, which pull their computing resources from extensive underlying networks of physical web servers.

Not all of these will be applicable to the organisation.

For the different types of hosting services, can you provide me with the following information:

  1. Type of hosting – Dedicated, Co-Location, Cloud Hosting, Other?
  2. Who is the supplier of the contract? If possible can you also provide me with the name of the vendor, if applicable?
  1. What is the annual contract value for each contract?
  2. What type of cloud environment?

    Private Cloud- a distinct and secure cloud based environment in which only the specified client can operate. 

    Public Cloud - where cloud services are provided in a virtualized environment, constructed using pooled shared physical resources, and accessible over a public network such as the internet.

    Hybrid- integrated cloud service utilising both private and public clouds to perform distinct functions within the same organisation.

  3. What is the original start date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the start date for each contract.
  4. What is the actual expiry date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the expiry date for each contract.

  5. When will the organisation plan to review this contract? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the review date for each contract.

  6. What is the contract period in years? Please include whether the agreement has any extension periods?

  7. What services are provided under the contract? Please do not put hosting information such   as web hosting, file storage, hosted application. The more information the better,

  8. Can you please provide me with the contract officer responsible for this contract? Complete contact details if possible name, title, contact email and number.

Trust response:

Section 21 - Information accessible to applicant by other means.  This information is already published on our website and is considered exempt from disclosure under section 21(1) of the Freedom of Information Act, as it is reasonably accessible to you by other means. 

This information is available on the Trust contracts register on the Trust website which can be accessed via the following link: https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/publication-scheme (What we spend and how we spend it)

Items over £2500 per month are on a monthly report available below:

 https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/expenditure-over-25000

Also refer to attached document:  FOI - HWHCT- 078 available on request

Switchboard 01905 760000

Procurement WHCNHS.Eprocurement@nhs.net

Contracts whcnhs.contractsteam@nhs.net

We only give out details of Directors and senior Managers, find details below:

Robert Mackie: Director of Finance & Deputy CEO robertmackie@nhs.net

Denise Lewis: Deputy Director of Finance denise.lewis1@nhs.net

*Please note: That no e-mails or communication of a commercial nature to the above named will be responded to.

Please be aware that although this information is accurate at the time it is provided, it may not be in the future and should not be relied upon.