Decision details

To seek approval to renew and increase the value of the existing contract and authority to procure and award a replacement contract from June 2023.

That Cabinet:

1. Authorised the Director: Policy, Strategy and Digital in consultation with the Cabinet Member – Finance, Governance and Performance to take all steps required to incur the additional spend of up to £700,398 on the Bytes contract until May 2023 as outlined in this report, subject to this being contained within the Council’s overall revenue budget envelope.
2. Authorised the Director – Policy, Strategy and Digital in consultation with the Deputy Mayor – Finance, Governance & Performance to take all steps required to procure and award a 3-year Microsoft Desktop Licensing contract, at a cost of up to £7m, with an approved Microsoft reseller, for the range of Microsoft products currently used by BCC, to include provision within the contract for products that support the BCC cloud migration and end-user computing strategy as outlined in this report.