Decision details
Migration of the Symology solution from on-premise to a cloud hosted solution (ODD/020/2021)
Decision Maker: Executive Director Place
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
To approve the direct award waiver process and spend for the initial 2 year contract to allow future review and planning with BU6, IT and Strategic Procurement..
Reasons for the decision:
BU6 currently have the on-premise solution from Symology and the contract comes to a natural end on 31st March 2021. As part of the Digital First initiative and the Government Cloud First Policy this contract will migrate the existing solution from an on-premise solution sat on the BMBC servers to a cloud hosted solution which will be fully managed by the supplier.
Due to workloads and priority projects over the last 9 months during the Covid pandemic there is not sufficient time for the Council to develop a specification, issue a tender to the open market and implement a new solution along with employee training prior to March 2021. It has been advised by Strategic Procurement to process the use of a waiver for 2 years with a view to review the procurement route for 2023.
Alternative options considered:
Not applicable.
Publication date: 18/02/2021
Date of decision: 15/02/2021