Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Award of Contract
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.
Report author: David Houghton
Publication date: 08/11/2019
Date of decision: 05/11/2019
Decided at meeting: 05/11/2019 - Cabinet
Effective from: 15/11/2019