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To waive the request for waiver and award the
contract to Sapphire Technologies Limited in relation to the IT
Health Check

Reasons for the decision

The proposed contract for the above will be
between £5,000 and £74,999.99.

With this RFW I include a copy of the specification or brief which
has been prepared for this contract and which details the goods,
services and/or works which will be provided.

Specification Attached (and provide a brief description of the
contract below):
An IT Health Check to be performed by a CREST certified partner in
accordance with Public Services Network (PSN) requirements

I can also confirm that the contract terms which will be used for
this contract will be the Council’s standard terms and
conditions for goods and services or (where relevant) works or,
where this is not the case, I have sought the approval of Legal
Services to the alternative terms and conditions that I propose to
use for this contract.

In accordance with the Council’s Contract Procedures Rules,
three alternative quotes should be obtained and the lowest
quotation should be accepted.

I can confirm that I have sought advice from Legal Services and we
have agreed that it is appropriate that this requirement be waived
for the following reason(s):

-Received fewer than three price quotes

Alternative options considered

I can confirm that, despite non-compliance
with the requirement to seek at least three quotes, the award of
this contract to the above supplier will be best value for the
Council for the following reason(s):
Sapphire are a trusted supplier who we have used previously.
Sapphire were the only company who returned a submission via the
Supplyingthesouthwest Portal. We have asked for additional services
to address principle security concerns (PSCs) as advised by the
National Cyber Security Centre

Quotation 1:
Does the quotation conform to the provided specification? Y
(If no, please provide detail)
Supplier Name: Sapphire Technologies Limited
Quotation Price: £12600