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Quote I am in receipt of your Freedom of Information request regarding Devon County Corporate Procurement Policy, covering free software acquisition. The Council's Corporate Procurement Policies relate to the arrangements for purchasing. When assessing new or replacement software solutions the full life cycle cost of any solution is considered. The life cycle cost establishes the criteria for the purchasing and or the tender process to be adopted. In any tender process named or specified products are not permitted. Our interpretation of your request assumes that by free software you mean Open Source Software. As you have previously been informed, Open Source software may be assessed at the time of investigation and business case preparation. If a decision is made to purchase, then Corporate Procurement Policies apply. End quote My interpretation of this is as follows To acquire new software - A rough business case is done as cost justification - Then a tender is issued for purchase and support over the life cycle But - No tenders have been launched for Open Source support -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Wed May 27 12:06:45 BST 2009
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