Agenda item

(a)  Authorise commencement of procurement for the list of goods, works or services set out in Appendix A;

(b)  Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Strategy and Improvement following consultation with the Lead Member for Public Protection, Customer Service, IT and Young Futures to the award contract, to the best value bidder, for the Mobile Telephony and Cloud Hosting of IT Systems Contracts as indicated in Appendix A, as requiring delegated authority to award contracts due to tight timescales involved.

(c)  Delegate authority to the Executive Director of People (Children) following consultation with the Lead Member for Education, Children's Services, Lifelong Skills and Governance to direct award the contract for the Education Management System as indicated in Appendix A, as requiring delegated authority to award contracts due to tight timescales involved.

The Cabinet considered a report on the procurement forward plan for services in excess of £180,000 and works in excess of £1 million. 

The report updated Lead Members on further contracts that had been identified since the Cabinet report of April 2023; and updated on contracts reported to April Cabinet where there had been significant changes such as revised procurement start dates or contract values.  Lead Members were asked to authorise the commencement of procurement for the contracts set out in Appendix A to the report and, due to the timescales involved, to give delegated authority to relevant officers to award contracts for Mobile Telephony and Cloud Hosting of IT Systems Contracts and the Education Management System.

After due consideration the recommendations were approved.

Resolved –

(a)  That the commencement of procurement for the list of goods, works or services set out in Appendix A to the report be authorised;

(b)  That delegated authority be given to the Executive Director of Strategy and Improvement following consultation with the Lead Member for Public Protection, Customer Service, IT and Young Futures to the award contract, to the best value bidder, for the Mobile Telephony and Cloud Hosting of IT Systems Contracts as indicated in Appendix A, as requiring delegated authority to award contracts due to tight timescales involved.

(c)  That delegated authority be given to the Executive Director of People (Children) following consultation with the Lead Member for Education, Children's Services, Lifelong Skills and Governance to direct award the contract for the Education Management System as indicated in Appendix A, as requiring delegated authority to award contracts due to tight timescales involved.