Cabinet considered the report of the deputy chief executive – transformation and operations. This set out a business case for the transformation of IT and systems for the council’s planning, environmental protection, food safety, community safety, waste and licencing services. The transformation would be enabled by procurement of new IT solutions.
The report included an appendix containing exempt information about the business case; Cabinet noted its contents.
The report set out two options:
· Option 1 – full public procurement for new IT solutions through open market tenders
·
Option 2 –
procurement of fit for purpose IT solutions through the GCloud 12
Framework Agreement
The Cabinet member recommended option 2, as this would mitigate the risk of procuring an unproven solution. The option 2 process would also be quicker than option 1, which might require external support. Cabinet concurred, believing that it was important to replace the aging IT systems.
RESOLVED: to
(a) approve the business case and recommended procurement option for the replacement of the Planning and Regulatory Services IT systems as an Invest to Save initiative; and