25-26/020

We refer to your request for information dated 04 June 2025 (FOI 25-26/020) in which you submitted various queries which we have handled under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA).

Please see our response to each of the queries posed by your request below.

The Standard Firewall (Network) used by GTC Scotland

1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract? NVT Limited.
2. What is the annual spend for contract?   A one-off cost of £2222.40.
3. What is the description of the services provided? The installation and maintenance of the Firewall made available to GTC Scotland.
4. Primary brand (where applicable) Fortinet.
5. What is the start date of the contract? There is no contract in place for the firewall.
6. What is the expiry date of the contract? There is no contract in place for the firewall.
7. What is the total duration of the contract? There is no contract in place for the firewall.
8. How many licences or users are included (where applicable)? There are no additional licenses required beyond the one-off cost.

The Antivirus Software Application

1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract? NVT Limited
2. What is the annual spend for contract?  £6068.40
3. What is the description of the services provided? Setup and deployment of antivirus software
4. Primary brand (where applicable). Webroot Secure Anywhere.
5. What is the start date of the contract? March 2025.
6. What is the expiry date of the contract? March 2026.
7. What is the total duration of the contract? One year.
8. How many licences or users are included (where applicable)? 90.

The Microsoft Enterprise Agreement such as if it contains Microsoft 365 (Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams), Windows Enterprise, Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), Azure services (committed or pay-as-you-go)

1. Existing supplier for this contract? NVT Limited and Microsoft Commercial Direct.
2. What is the annual spend for contract? £62,000.00.
3. What is the description of the services provided? Providing Microsoft licenses.
4. Primary brand (where applicable) Microsoft.
5. What is the start date of the contract? There is no single start date covering all licence holders.
6. What is the expiry date of the contract? There is no single start date covering all licence holders.
7. What is the total duration of the contract? Licenses are based on per user per month.
8. How many licences or users are included (where applicable)? A maximum of 90.

The nature of any Microsoft Power BI contract

We do not have a Microsoft Power BI contact, as a result, we have applied section 17(1)(b) to each of your queries under this topic.

The contact details of the person within the organisation responsible for each software contract including job title and contact information.

Please note that disclosing this information would amount to a disclosure of the personal information of the employees in breach of section 38(1)(b) of FOISA. As such, we are unable to provide you with this information as to do so would violate data protection legislation.

However, in keeping with our duty to provide advice and assistance under section 15 of FOISA we can provide you with the team email inboxes which administer these software contracts.

Digital team: digitalsupport@gtcs.org.uk;

You may contact informationgovernance@gtcs.org.uk to request GTC Scotland conduct a review of this response. You should describe the original request and explain your grounds of review. You have 40 working days from receipt of this response to submit a review request. When the review process has been completed, if you are still dissatisfied, you may use the Scottish Information Commissioner's guidance on making an appeal to do so.