Issue - meetings

Cabinet noted that BT Managed Services had caused the Council a lot of problems.  Officers were thanked for sorting this issue out in a timely fashion.

1.1.        That approval be given to enter into an access agreement with ESPO in order to formally utilise ESPO Framework (No 653F_15) for Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resource (MSTAR2).

1.2.        That subject to 2.1, above, the ESPO Framework (No 653F_15) for Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resource (MSTAR2) should be accessed to call off the services of a Managed Services Provider for Agency Workers.

1.3.        That the Potential Provider should be awarded a call off contract under the  ESPO Framework (No 653F_15) with effect from 1 July 2016 for a period of two years with the option of extending on 1 July 2018 for a further one year and also on 1 July 2019 for a further 1 year, providing for a maximum contract period of four years.

1.4.        That the contract award should be in relation to Lot 1, Neutral Supply Chain management for both Transactional and certain Strategic Services as detailed in the MSTAR2 Framework.

1.5.        That the Council continues with the requirement that the chosen supplier operates ‘pay between assignments’.

1.6.        That conditional to the award of contract and in accordance with terms of the MSTAR2 Core Specification for Transactional Services, the Potential Provider should be required to commit to delivery proposals that will provide target savings of up to £170,000 against anticipated MSTAR2 expenditure. Further information is provided in Section 8 of this report.

1.7.        That integral to the pricing matrix, an additional marginal management fee (0.005p per hour transacted) should be introduced to part fund a contract management resource within the Shared Human Resources Service. At current usage this would equate to £22,500 per annum to be combined with an identical recommendation in RBKC to provide combined funds of circa £39,500 per annum. Further information is provided in Section 9 of this report.

1.8.        That the appropriate Cabinet Member should be delegated with authority to exercise the option to extend the term of the contract in accordance with paragraph 1.3 above.