Issue - meetings

This report seeks agreement to move forward with contract negotiations with the preferred supplier for a replacement financial management system.

(Please note this report is to follow)

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to approve the selection of Civica UK Limited as the Council’s preferred supplier for the replacement financial management system.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:In order to ensure full business continuity and tofacilitate improvements in the way that the Council works, as set out in the Corporate Priorities.

Members considered a report which sought agreement to move forward with contract negotiations with the preferred supplier for a replacement financial management system.

The report had been brought to Members because the Project Board which evaluated the bids had recommended that the contract be awarded to Civica, whose bid had scored highest on quality but marginally lower on price than the second highest scoring bid, submitted by Agresso.  The report included a ‘Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats’ (SWOT) analysis of the two bids.  Full details of the evaluation scores were set out in exempt Annex A.

Members were presented with two options:

Option A - Award the contract to Civica UK Limited, as recommended by the Project Board;

Option B - Award the contract to Agresso Limited.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to approve the selection of Civica UK Limited as the Council’s preferred supplier for the replacement financial management system.¹

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:      In order to ensure full business continuity and to facilitate improvements in the way that the Council works, as set out in the Corporate Priorities.