Decision details

Cabinet Member decision ECR01 19-20 approved the commencement of a procurement process in November 2019 for services to help deliver a replacement business management system for the Council.  Whilst the project has progressed as planned, a review of the scope of remaining work and the specific skills required has indicated that additional resources and specialist services are required to bring the project to completion.

The Cabinet Member for Economy and Corporate Resources will be asked to approve the additional measures and resources needed and to delegate authority to the Director of Finance and Support Services to procure the necessary service support.

The additional resources required will be funded from the service transformation budget.

The Cabinet Member for Economy and Corporate Resources has approved:

1)   the procurement of a data migration solution and additional external resources as detailed in section two of the report which are required to complete the delivery of a replacement business management solution; and

2)   delegated to the Director of Finance and Support Services the scoping and award of the required contracts.