Education Scotland IT equipment: FOI release

Information requested

Q1. Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following?

Q2. Does your organisation have any plans for refreshing or replacing the above devices, if so, can you please provide the indicative or projected expenditure in the below format?

Q3. Does your organisation have any plans for developing, refreshing or replacing IT or ICT software applications, if so, can you please provide the information in the below format?

Response

Please find the requested information below.

Q1. Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following?
DEVICE TYPE	NUMBER OF DEVICES
Desktop PCs and Laptops	460
Mobile Phones (Smartphones, PDAs handheld devices)	250
Printers	12
Tablets	7
Servers	N/A
Storage Devices	N/A
Networking Infrastructure (E.g., Switches, Routers, etc)	*N/A – provided and maintained through ITechs contract
Security Infrastructure	*N/A – provided and maintained through ITechs contract
Q2. Does your organisation have any plans for refreshing or replacing the above devices, if so, can you please provide the indicative or projected expenditure in the below format?
REPLACE/REFRESH PROGRAMME:
IT OR ICT HARDWARE	EXPENDITURE
	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Desktop PCs and Laptops	£0.00	£0.00	£160,000.00
Mobile Phones (Smartphones, PDAs handheld devices)	£10,000.00	£0.00	£70,000.00
Printers	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Tablets	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Servers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Storage Devices	N/A	N/A	N/A
Networking Infrastructure	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Security Infrastructure	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Note: If the projected expenditure is not available, list the years when the refresh/replacement is due or planned for the above devices.
Q3. Does your organisation have any plans for developing, refreshing, or replacing IT or ICT software applications, if so, can you please provide the information in the below format?
APPLICATION NAME		MONTH/YEAR
*N/A		*N/A

All PC based software is granted and managed through the *ITechs contract.

Any software solutions are purchased through the relevant procurement routes and can be found on the contracts register. Please find the following link to the contracts register: Scottish Government frameworks and contracts.

I hope this information is helpful.

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