Decision details

The Cabinet Member authorised an award of contract to The 4OC Ltd relating to project and programme management support services from 1 April 2019 until 31 March 2021, with an option to extend for an additional year. 

During 2019/20 the Council has a number of projects which are required to be delivered in order to meet the significant savings target for the Council.  Within the Council and Serco contract there is a small project and programme team which provides project management resources to deliver projects. 

During January and February a comprehensive list of projects has been compiled and resources have been allocated as appropriate. 

A gap has been identified within the Council project and programme resource pool relating to specialist resources on a number of projects.

In order to deliver the full list of projects specialist resources will be required from within the Serco contract as well as from the preferred supplier, The 4OC Ltd.

The savings target for projects which will be supported by The 4OC Ltd is £20 million over the two year period.  The anticipated spend in order to deliver the £20 million is £2 million during the period.

The Serco contract currently provides some project and programme resources. However, the partnership cannot provide sufficient permanent resources to meet the requirement for projects over the next two years.

The Serco central Project team which provides senior project and programme resources, such as programme managers and specialist roles, to partnerships such as Peterborough do not currently have sufficient resources to meet the requirement for projects over the next two years.

The Project and Programme Assurance team will work with Serco to ensure full time resources are recruited where possible to meet the demand.

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