Issue - meetings

To consider and endorse or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services on the proposed decision to delegate to the Director of Infrastructure in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services, the award of contracts with Microsoft for the Enterprise Agreement(s) and Server Cloud Enrolment(s), including the necessary contractual negotiations and enter into any subsequent necessary legal agreements

Rebecca Spore (Director of Infrastructure) and Michael Lloyd (Head of Technology Commissioning and Strategy were in attendance for this item

(1)       Mr Lloyd introduced the report which outlined the requirement to renew the Council’s Microsoft Enterprise Agreements in order that the Council be appropriately licensed to deliver its current services.  The report also asked the Cabinet Committee to consider and endorse a proposed decision of the Cabinet Member to delegate authority to the Director of Infrastructure for the award of the contracts in consultation with him.

(2)       In response to a question, Mr Lloyd said that all of the authority’s IT systems were with Microsoft. The ICT teams were looking at the interface between the computer and mobile devices to ensure the user experience was as seamless as possible.

(3)       Resolved that the proposed decision to delegate, to the Director of Infrastructure in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services, the award of contracts to Microsoft for the Enterprise Agreement and Server Cloud Enrolment, including the necessary contractual negotiations and enter into any subsequent necessary legal agreements be endorsed.