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The Chief Digital and Information Officer gave
approval to utilise Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract
Regulations 2015 – Negotiated Procedure without prior
publication of a Contract Notice - and award a contract directly to
Access UK Ltd for the support & maintenance of the Education IT
solution (known as Synergy Core), for the period 1st October 2023
– 30 September 2024 with the option to extend for a further
year thereafter. The cost of making a direct award of the contract
for this period is £128,842.04 till 30 September 2024.
The decision to award the contract is being taken on technical
grounds as Synergy Core is fully embedded into the Council’s
systems and can only continue to be supported and maintained by
Access UK Ltd. During this time the Council will complete a review
to assess the feasibility of moving the product (Synergy Core) from
on premise to hosted onto the cloud in line with the Government and
corporate ‘Cloud First’ principle.