Issue details

With the approval of the Chairman of the Growth, Environment and Resources Scrutiny Committee and the Monitoring Officer, the urgency procedure, and waiver of call-in procedure have been invoked to suspend the requirement to publish the decision on the forward plan for 28 days and subject the decision to a three day call-in period. These procedures have been invoked in order to meet critical timescales for the urgent procurement of these services. The decision was originally on the Forward Plan KEY/30AUG21/01, however, the decision was abandoned due to an incorrect value included within the Issue Details.

The Cabinet Member:

1.    Authorised the urgent award of a contract for the provision of cloud-based servicesto host the Council’s revenue & benefits software application to Capita UK Limited procured through the Kent Commercial Services Framework Agreement.  The contract implementation and mobilisation shall commence on 1 May 2022 in preparation for service provision between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2028 at a contract value of £1,149,393.00.  The contract shall have an option to extend for two 12 month periods at a value of £195,035.00 per extension year.

2.     Authorised the Director: Customer and Digital Services to vary this Contract if required, subject to approval by the Director of Law and Governance (or authorised officer’s) and the Corporate Director of Resources.