Issue - meetings

Appendix 1 to the report is in the exempt section of the agenda at Item 14.

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Growth and Investment introduced a report on proposals for a new contract for the provision of mobile telephony and ancillary services with the Council’s existing supplier, EE.

It was noted that, based on current usage levels and existing tariffs, the new contract would realise savings of approximately £800,000 over the full three-year term.  Responding to an enquiry, the Cabinet Member clarified that the new service would be procured via a direct call-off from an existing Crown Commercial Services Framework and he had been assured that the new arrangements with the existing supplier represented the best deal for the Council.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the Council enters a three-year contract for Mobile Telephony and Ancillary Services with EE, through the Crown Commercial Services Framework via Direct Call Off, in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Chief Operating Officer, in consultation with the Director of Law and Governance, to award and enter the contract(s) and all other necessary or ancillary agreements with EE.