Decision details

Procurement over £500k for the Councils Housing, Revenue and Benefits and Document Management systems provided by NEC.

RESOLVED that the Executive approved the compliant direct award via the Crown Commercial Services: Data and Applications RM3821 framework on a five year basis to NEC for the provision of the following systems:

- NEC iWORLD

- NEC Housing

- NEC Information at work

Reason for Decision

Executive approval is required as the total value of the contract exceeds 500k for the five year duration.

The report sets out the proposal for Executive consideration to procure all systems currently provided by NEC to the Council for five year period under a single contract.

The Systems include:

• NEC iWorld – used by Council Tax and Revenue and Benefits.

• NEC Housing – used by the Housing service

• NEX Information at Work - Electronic Document Management System used

corporately across the Council.

Entering into a five year contract protects the Council from year on year inflation increase and enables the Council to know the total cost of ownership for the next five years.