Purpose

To seek approval to procure and award a
contract for Backup and Disaster Recovery Service to cover critical
applications running on the BCC data centres.

Content

That Cabinet

1.     
Approved the re-procurement of Backup and Disaster Recovery
Services and Service Management and Protection for a period of
3+1+1-years (up to a total value of £1.4m including optional
contract extensions).

2.     
Authorised the Director: Policy, Strategy and Digital, in
consultation with the Deputy Mayor with responsibility for Finance
Governance & Performance to take all steps required to procure
and award the contract(s).

3.     
Authorised the Head of Procurement & Contract Management to
approve appropriate procurement routes to market where these are
not yet fully defined in this report, or if changes to procurement
routes are subsequently required.