Decision details

The County Council has previously commenced a programme to secure and put in place a comprehensive system to replace SAP as the Council’s business services system or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution.  This programme was paused in September 2023 to review the programme approach and the overall funding of the programme.

Following that review the Cabinet Member will be asked to endorse the selection of Oracle Fusion as the preferred system and and to confirm additional funding to enable the delivery of the new system and its full implementation.  The Cabinet Member will also be asked to support the procurement of external expertise and suppliers to support that implementation.

The proposed ERP system will enable the Council to introduce more effective business arrangememts across the full range of finance and HR functions and to do so before the current system (SAP) come to the end of its technical support.

The Cabinet Member for Support Services and Economic Development has approved:

(1)        The implementation of Oracle Fusion Cloud as the preferred Enterprise Resource Management solution;

(2)        Additional funding of up to £26m over the period 2024/25 to 2027/28, including the procurement of external support, a programme delivery team and a contingency of £4m;

(3)        The commencement of a series of procurements for external suppliers to support the delivery of the programme;

(4)        Additional revenue resources of up to £500,000 that may be required after implementation as a result of the new operating model and systems that will be in place; and

(5)        Delegation of authority for contract award and any subsequent decisions and awards relating to these contracting arrangements to the Director of Finance and Support Services and the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development.

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