1- In last 2 years have you purchased any it technical training for the ICT /IT department from QA training covering it technical courses such as Microsoft VMware oracle citrix and Cisco. No
2- What is the exact job title of the manger or team leader in ICT/IT department who has made the purchase? N/A
3- Has the ICT/IT technical department pre-paid for this training, please state amounts. No
4- Have they in the last 3 years purchased a skills licence it training package from QA training please state the amount purchased and the amounts remaining? No
5 – Has the buying IT manger secured 3 quotes for the purchase of the skills licence? If so which were the other companies who submitted the exact same skills licence prices? N/A
6- When will the next skills licence be purchased by the ICT/IT DEPARTMENT? The idea of a skills licence approach is only considered as part of a project. Next major project that requires updating our skills is for next FinYr (Voice system replacement)
7- Who will purchase the next ICT technical training skills licence. N/A
8- Please provide an ICT department organisation chart. attached
9- How many people are there in the ICT department? 04a Structure ICT Direcorate named March v2
10- Does the ICT / IT technical department purchase IT technical training for products such Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, oracle and citrix in February and March to utilise remaining budget for the financial year if so how do you justify the purchase? no – unless there is an immediate need – not this year
11- How much do you spend on training per year? Also please list the top three suppliers that you use for training?
ICT spend an average £16,500 a year on Training ( based on the last 3 years of spend)
The top 3 suppliers used during this period are :
THE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE LTD
NETCALL TELECOM LIMITED
NCS PEARSON INC DBA PEARSON VUE
12- At what points during the year does the Council make decisions to purchase training throughout the year? How much of the training budget remains for this financial year (ending 31st March 2015)? Training is procured based on need – there is no budget left this year for training this FinYr
13- Who is responsible for purchasing Council’s training (i.e. which departments and who are the decision makers)? Heads of department
