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Report of the Head of Corporate Resources

Further To Minute No. 6 of the meeting held on 26 May 2016, the Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Corporate Resources which provided details of the work undertaken to determine the future business requirements for Transactional Finance, Human Resources and Information Technology Services for the Council from October 2018 and the recommended delivery model for each service based on agreed evaluation criteria and the supporting transition plan that will be required.

Decision Made: That

(1)       the Target Operating Models for the Council Services as set out within the report be approved;

(2)       the evaluation criteria that had been applied to determine the appropriate delivery models for each service be noted;

(3)       approval be given to the following Councils services, namely, Transactional Human Resources and Payroll, Revenues, Benefits, Customer Services and Accounts Payable been delivered ‘in-house’ by the Council from October 2018;

(4)       approval be given to the Councils ICT service been delivered by an external prime contractor;

(5)       approval be given to the commencement of an OJEU compliant process for the procurement of an external prime ICT contractor; and

(6)       in order to deliver the transition plans for each service, approval be given to the acquisition of additional capacity and skills to supplement current Council staff and that this cost which is estimated to be £0.4m be met from the Councils earmarked transformation reserve.

Reasons for Decision:

To support the provision of services that meet the business requirements of the Council from October 2018. The delivery options selected reflect the outcome from a transparent evaluation process in order to obtain the most appropriate solution for the Council.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

All available options have been considered and are reflected within the report.