FOI release

IT software

Case reference FOI2025/01334

Received 17 December 2025

Published 7 January 2026

Request

I am writing to you to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding your IT service management (ITSM) software. 1. Total number of employees 2. Total number of IT service desk agents 3. Existing service desk / ITSM software used 4. Deployment model (Cloud-based or on-premise) 5. Number of software licenses 6. Contract renewal date 7. Annual cost of contract 8. Total cost of contract 9. Contract review date 10. Main decision maker/contact for service desk software

Response

1. Total number of employees

344

2. Total number of IT service desk agents

29

3. Existing service desk / ITSM software used

Fresh Service

4. Deployment model (Cloud-based or on-premise)

Cloud

5. Number of software licenses

29

6. Contract renewal date

January 2026

7. Annual cost of contract

£28,000.00

8. Total cost of contract

£28,000.00

9. Contract review date

January 2026

10. Main decision maker/contact for service desk software.

Service Desk Manager.

Under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act, we cannot disclose personal data of staff below Heads of Service because this constitutes third party personal data. Disclosure of this information would contravene UK GDPR principle (a) because there is no lawful basis for processing.

We are unable to provide this information because it would identify a junior member of staff and, in line with ICO guidance, we do not publish personal data of staff that do not hold senior positions.

Documents

There are no documents for this release.

This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.