Decision details

Recommendations approved

Reasons for recommendations

The contract award will provide continuity in utilising the existing hardware and infrastructure.

The recommendations ensure compliance with the council’s Contract Procedure Rules.

The recommendations present the least risk to the council.

Other options considered and rejected

As part of the renewal exercise, alternatives to the Citrix desktop have been considered to ensure that the best product is in place to support the council. There are potential alternatives which over the coming year will be investigated further as longer-term options.

An alternative option has been rejected at this time as an alternative will require a full hardware and infrastructure refresh and will need a considerable initial capital investment to implement.

While further investigations are carried out there is an immediate requirement to renew the existing licences to facilitate everyday access to business systems.