Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services introduced a report on proposals to procure a new contract for the provision of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to support the Council’s Human Resources, Payroll, Finance, Purchasing, Expenses and Debtor activities. 

The Cabinet Member advised that the current ERP system, Oracle e-Business Suite Release 12.1.3, would not be supported beyond December 2021.  Officers had considered a range of options and the preferred model was to procure a Cloud Software as a Service (Cloud SaaS) solution whereby the contracted organisation would host the ERP solution on behalf of the Council under an initial five-year contract with the option to extend for a further five years (in one-year increments).

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the Council proceeds with the procurement of a contract for a replacement ERP system in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Chief Operating Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services, the Finance Director and the Director of Law and Governance, to conduct the procurement and enter into the contract and all other necessary or ancillary agreements with the successful bidder(s) [and/or other related parties] in accordance with the strategy set out in the report.