Purpose

This paper seeks permission
to procure four
hundred HP ProBook x360 435 Laptops for use by
the hosted ICT service.
The indicative total contract
value is circa £250,000.
It is proposed to undertake the
procurement via a further competition using Crown Commercial
Services Framework RM6098 Technology Products and Associated
Services 2 - Lot 2.
 

Content

That the Director of Corporate &
Transformation Services (Cumberland) and Director of Enabler
Services (Westmorland & Furness Council) authorised permission
to procure of 400 HP ProBook x360 435 Laptops via a
further competition using Crown Commercial Services Framework
RM6098 Technology Products and Associated Services 2 - Lot
2.
 

Reasons for the decision

Having laptops available for the former County
ICT service to swifty deploy for new starters and to replace faulty
devices is a key deliverable for the hosted ICT service and impacts
on user satisfaction, business continuity and operational
efficiency.
 
The procurement of four hundred devices to
allow time for the hosted ICT service to identify a replacement
model will mitigate any potential risk to the service of us not
having available stock

Alternative options considered

The alternative is to award a smaller contract
for laptops and then move onto a replacement model as soon as
possible when stock is exhausted of the current model.
 
This would come with the risk that if the
identified replacement model is built around a substantially
different technology stack, then there may be delays in the Hosted
ICT services ability to build and deploy the devices which would
put the safe and efficient delivery of the ICT service at risk.