Decision details

Award of the Integrated Housing Management System

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

A contract will be awarded to the successful tenderer, following the completion of a procurement exercise.

Decision:

1.    Appendix 1 is not for publication on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

2.    To approve the award of the Integrated Housing Management System to Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited commencing with a 15 month implementation period on 31st December 2020 and a service period of 5 years commencing 1st April 2022 with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years with a total value of £1,654,498.90.

 

3.    To approve that supplier implementation costs of £396,583 and service costs of £1,257,916 can be met from existing revenue budgets within the Housing Revenue Account.

 

4.    To approve the direct award of a contract for Housing Management IT to Northgate Public Services (UK) Limited from 1/8/2021 to 31/3/2022 at a total value of £89,797 to cover the final stages of the implementation period, which can be met from existing revenue budgets within the Housing Revenue Account.

5.    To note that a further decision will be requested for the approval of a capital budget for the implementation of the system with the expectation that the supplier implementation costs of £396,583 will be funded from capital resources once those have been approved (thereby releasing the equivalent amount of existing revenue budget).

 

 

Reasons for the decision:

As described in the report.

Alternative options considered:

As described in the report.

 

Publication date: 02/12/2020

Date of decision: 01/12/2020

Effective from: 07/12/2020

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