Decision details

Further to Minute No. 75 of the meeting held on 12 January 2017, the Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Corporate Resources which provided details of the proposed method of procurement and the basis of tender evaluation in connection with the proposed ICT Transformation work.  This work was required in order to support the delivery of the Council’s future operating model for the service.

Decision Made: That

(1)     approval be given to the procurement of an external provider to support the Council to deliver its required ICT transformation programme in advance of September 2018;

(2)     approval be given to the proposed method of procurement and evaluation as set out within the Report;

(3)     the Head of Corporate Resources in consultation with the Cabinet Member, Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services be authorised to award the contract to the highest scoring bidder; and

(4)     the Head of Regulation and Compliance be authorised to enter into contracts with the successful Tenderer.

Reasons for Decision:

At its meeting in January 2017, Cabinet approved the future operating model for ICT.  In order to deliver against this objective, the Council would need support from an external contractor in order that the ICT service reflected this operating model and can support the delivery of the Councils Framework for Change. Due to the scale and complexity of the work required, external support was required. Internal Council resources are not available to support this programme

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

None.