Decision details

The licences for the Council’s citrix services & Cisco servers are due to expire on 31.03.22. A competitive competition was undertaken which split the tender into 3 lots. No bids were received for Lot 1 and one bid was returned for both Lot 2 and 3. Procurement recommended IT approach the incumbent supplier for Lot 1 for a quotation and subsequent contract award and award contracts for Lot 2 & 3 as permitted in the competitive competition.

The one-year contract was approved to ensure the Council has continued access to business applications, files, and IT services via citrix or remotely via the Council’s citrix portal and VPN padlock.

The Director approved the award of: -
A one-year contract to Phoenix Software via the government crown commercial framework for the supply of the Council’s Citrix licences from 01.04.22 – 31.03.23.
A one-year contract to CDW via government crown commercial framework for the support & maintenance for the Council’s Cisco Servers from 01.04.22 – 31.03.23.
A one-year contract to Ivanti for the support & maintenance for Ivanti (Appsense) from 01.04.22 – 31.03.23.

A competitive competition was undertaken as per the Council’s Corporate Procurement Rules (CPRs). The competitive was split under 4 lots

• Lot 1: Ivanti DesktopNow
• Lot 2: Citrix Virtual App and Desktops Licence and Support
• Lot 3 Cisco Unified Communications Server (UCS) Support

There were no bids returned for Lot 1 which indicated that there was no competition for Ivanti in the market. To ensure continuation of service, Procurement recommended IT approach the incumbent supplier for a quotation and subsequent contract award.

One bid was received for Lot 2. This was Phoenix Software who were awarded a one-year contract for the Council’s Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops licences.

One bid was received for Lot 3. This was CDW who were awarded a one-year contract for the Council’s support & maintenance for the Council’s Cisco Servers