Decision details
Authority to Award a Contract for Core Infrastructure Suite Server Licences (Recordable Officer Decision)
Decision Maker: Strategic Director - Customer and Digital Services
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To request authority to award a contract as required by Contract Standing Order 88 for Core Infrastructure Suite Server Licences.
Decision:
That the Strategic Director Customer and Digital Services:
i) Approves the award of contract for provision of Core Infrastructure Suite Server Licences to Bytes Software Services Ltd in the sum of £275,186.74.
Reasons for the decision:
The Shared Technology Services requires Core Infrastructure Suite Licences for its datacentre servers. Council officers have undertaken a procurement exercise and identified Bytes Software Services Ltd as the contractor providing the most economically advantageous offer in accordance with the agreed evaluation criteria, and therefore recommend award to this contractor.
Alternative options considered:
Officers reviewed a range of procurement options, including the use of a tender process, but consider that awarding following a further competition from a framework is the most appropriate means of procuring a contractor.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Amin Jan, Assistant Category Manager Email: Amin.Jan@brent.gov.uk Tel: 020 8937 3189.
Publication date: 21/06/2022
Date of decision: 21/06/2022