Decision details

Purpose of Report: This is a retrospective report to meet the requirement for transparency regarding procurements of this nature which have been agreed as routine by the Monitoring Officer and the Acting Section 151 Officer (Chief Finance Officer), and approved by the relevant Chief Officer. In this case due to contract renewal timescales and the critical system involved this has not been possible prior to the decision and so this scrutiny will be provided in this subsequent public Executive Member Decision Session.

The Executive Member will be asked to note the decision taken to approve the reprocurement of a HR & Payroll system for the council at a total three year cost of £343k as laid out in the Annex in the report.

Resolved: That the reprocurement of a HR & Payroll system for the council at a total three year cost of £343k (as detailed in Annex A of the report) be noted.

Reason:     To ensure the that councillors consider routine procurement decisions over £250k in value in line with procurement regulations and the public have the opportunity to see transparent decision-making in operation relating to major procurements.