Decision details

Award of a Support Contract for Information@Work

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To request approval to award the support contract for Information@Work (the corporate Electronic Document Management System - EDMS) to Northgate Public Services Limited for 2 years with an option to extend for 1 additional year at a total contract value of £120,000 for the three-year period to be funded from the existing operational budget. This is to allow sufficient time for suitable options for the corporate EDMS going forward to be accurately explored and assessed once a key dependent project has been completed (estimated date of completion Nov 2019).

Decision:

1.    To approve a waiver under Contract Standing Orders (CSO) 3.1 in relation to the competition requirement (for obtaining 3 quotes) set out in CSO 10.2 to award a support contract for I@Work on the basis that it is in the council’s overall interest and that the nature of the market for the goods to be purchased has been investigated and is demonstrated to be such that a departure from these CSOs is justifiable.

 

2.    To approve the award of the support contract to Northgate Public Services Limited for 2 years with an option to extend for 1 additional year at a total contract value of £120,000 for the three-year period to be funded from the existing operational budget.

 

 

Report author: Tina Akpogheneta

Publication date: 06/02/2019

Date of decision: 04/02/2019

Decided at meeting: 04/02/2019 - Cabinet

Effective from: 11/02/2019

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