Decision details

Cabinet Member approval sought for Windows 10 procurement, provisioning and support services.

1.              That Part B of this report be exempt from disclosure by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, Part 1, (as amended) paragraph 3, in that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information.

2.          That the Cabinet Member for Housing and Customer Services approved Officers to procure a contract for provision of laptop, desktop devices, peripherals and deployment services by varying the existing London ICT Framework Lot 1 Lot 1 Call-Off contract.

Reasons for Decision

1.               As the value of the contract variation is above £500,000, this variation constitutes as a Key Decision under section 2.28 of the Code and accordingly Member Involvement is required as per section 2.28.

2.               April 2018 Cabinet and Key Decision reports approved commissioning and expenditure for a Windows 10 POC to prove a solution for upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The upgrade is required prior to June 2019 to minimise the Councils risk of entering a period of an unsupported Operating System with associated security threats, retain regulatory data compliance including the recent GDPR implementations and to deliver benefits through Windows 10 features aligned to the IT strategic principles.