You asked
FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2605
Please supply the following information:
How many employees are at your organisation?
How many mobile phone and mobile broadband (data only) connections do you currently have?
What is the split between mobile phone and mobile broadband connections?
Who is your mobile phone network provider?
Did you switch providers on your last renewal?
Please provide a monthly breakdown of your total mobile phone contract costs for the past 12 months, and state whether VAT has been included in the numbers given.
Does your contract include a hardware, tech or transformation fund?
If the answer to question 7 is yes, what was the value of the fund upon the signing of the current contract?
How have you sourced the contract?
What is the contract term length?
How long do you have remaining on your current contract?
Who is the primary contact for this contract?
We said
Thank you for your request.
Please see the following answers to your questions.
1. How many employees are at your organisation?
For the number of employees currently present at ONS, please see the following figures:
As at March 2021:
The first, labelled H/C is an overall headcount of the number of ONS employees as of February 2021, which is the most recent figure available. The second figure, labelled FTE, is the full-time equivalent number, which translates to the total hours worked by part-time employees into the number of equivalent full-time employees.
2. How many mobile phone and mobile broadband (data only) connections do you currently have?
Office staff contract: 1377
Field force staff contract: 1069
3. What is the split between mobile phone and mobile broadband connections?
Office staff: 1377 Mobile Phones, 0 Mobile Broadband
Field force staff: 1069 Mobile Phones, 0 Mobile Broadband
4. Who is your mobile phone network provider?
Our provider is Vodafone.
5. Did you switch providers on your last renewal?
Office staff: No
Field force: Yes
6. Please provide a monthly breakdown of your total mobile phone contract costs for the past 12 months, and state whether VAT has been included in the numbers given.
Office staff: £9,805 (ex. VAT)
Field force staff: £10,345 (ex. VAT)
7. Does your contract include a hardware, tech or transformation fund?
No.
8. If the answer to question 7 is yes, what was the value of the fund upon the signing of the current contract?
N/A.
9. How have you sourced the contract?
We have sourced the contract through the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework - Network Services 2.
10. What is the contract term length?
Office staff: 2 years with 12 months option to extend
Field force staff: 1 year with 12 months option to extend
11. How long do you have remaining on your current contract?
Office staff: 8 months
Field force staff: 6 months
12. Who is the primary contact for this contract?
This information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) as this constitutes personal data.