Award of Contract for Voice and Network Infrastructure Services (Forward Plan Reference FP946)
Exempt report of the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on the award of contract for these services.
Decision:
In accordance with the unanimous recommendation of the General Procurement Board, the award of contracts for these services were approved as follows:-
1) Lot 1 (Voice Services) to Britannic Technologies for a period of four years from 1 December 2019.
2) Lot 2 (Network Services) to Daisy Communications Limited for a period of four years from 1 December 2019.
Minutes:
Exempt report of the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on the award of contracts for these services.
(1) The Decision Taken
RESOLVED:
That, in accordance with the unanimous recommendation of the General Procurement Board, the award of contracts for these services be approved as follows:-
1) Lot 1 (Voice Services) to Britannic Technologies for a period of four years from 1 December 2019.
2) Lot 2 (Network Services) to Daisy Communications Limited for a period of four years from 1 December 2019.
(2) Reasons for the Decision
Contracts needed to be in place to ensure that the voice and network infrastructure was adequately monitored and if any incidents occurred that they were acted on in a timely manner and by a company with the technical skills to provide a suitable support service.
With the impending expiry of the current contract a procurement exercise had taken place.