Issue - meetings

Appendices 1 and 3 to this report are included under Agenda Item 13 below in the exempt section of the agenda.

Councillor Worby introduced a report on the proposed replacement of the existing database for children’s and adults’ social care records via the Crown Commercial Services Framework (RM1059) procurement route.

Councillor Worby advised that the existing system was not fit-for-purpose going forward, albeit that it would continue to be used while the new system, which would utilise the latest technology and offer greater flexibility as well as being far more cost effective, was being implemented.  It was noted that funding for the project had already been provided for in the Council’s Capital Programme and Councillor Worby confirmed that the contract specification included ‘future-proofing’ requirements to ensure that the new system was capable of interfacing with existing and future Council IT systems, in line with the Council’s IT Strategy.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the Council proceeds with the procurement of a new electronic social care system in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Strategic Director for Service Development and Integration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health, the Strategic Director of Finance and Investment and the Director of Law and Governance, to award and enter into the contracts and access agreements, for the initial and relevant extended periods.