Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Central Services introduced proposals relating to the extension of the existing contractual arrangements with Capgemini for the hosting and ‘Level 3’ support for the Oracle R12 enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

The Cabinet Member stressed the importance of retaining appropriate hosting and support services while the Council’s future needs were fully assessed but he acknowledged that while the proposed extension represented the best outcome in the circumstances, it did not represent a particularly good deal from a purely financial perspective.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve the extension of the contract for hosting and support for the One Oracle system, at a total cost to the Council of £1,027,935, to Capgemini on a two-year basis from 19 July 2016; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Strategic Director of Customer, Commercial and Service Delivery, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Central Services, the Strategic Director of Finance and Investment and the Director of Law and Governance, to enter into the contract extension with Capgemini.