Issue - meetings

(1)               That Standing Orders relating to Contracts be waived on the grounds of 2b(v) which states ‘goods and services are obtainable only from a limit numbers of persons or bodies’; and

(2)               That the support and maintenance contract be awarded to Mitel Networks (Mitel) with effect from 1 April 2013 for a period of three years.

The Leader introduced a report seeking Cabinet approval for the renewal of the council’s telephony support and maintenance contract directly with Mitel Networks; the manufacturer of the council’s existing telephony system.

The report set out how Mitel had submitted the most economically advantageous quotation for the work, and noted that the council had built an excellent relationship with the company over a period of ten years.  Details were provided of the evaluation of the three quotes submitted.  The recommended course of action to award the contract to Mitel was in accordance with the council’s constitution and the European Procurement Rules and UK Regulations.

Councillor Stubbs observed that the procurement process had been a robust one.

Resolved:

(1)               That Standing Orders relating to Contracts be waived on the grounds of 2b(v) which states ‘goods and services are obtainable only from a limit numbers of persons or bodies’; and

(2)               That the support and maintenance contract be awarded to Mitel Networks (Mitel) with effect from 1 April 2013 for a period of three years.