Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Housing and Customer Services
Presented by the Portfolio Holder for Housing, Property and Customer Services

Councillor Roger Bayliss presented the report to Cabinet on the issues surrounding the award of a contract in relation to the IT data centre, wide area network, backup and disaster recovery.

He advised that the current contract comes to an end on the 31st of August 2020 and that the award of a new contract is necessary in order to continue and maintain our core IT infrastructure.

The Leader thanked Councillor Bayliss and took questions and comments from Members.  There were none.           

The recommendation as set out on page 23 of the report was moved by Councillor Bayliss, seconded by Councillor Rushton and subsequently

RESOLVED THAT:

The contract for the IT data centre, wide area network, backup and disaster recovery be awarded to Six Degrees Technology Group Ltd.

Reason for decision: The current contract for data centre, wide area network, backup and disaster recovery services, comes to an end on the 31 August. The award of a new contract is necessary to maintain our IT infrastructure, network, backup, systems and applications.  The level of expenditure on this contract exceeds the authority threshold in the scheme of delegation.