Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Corporate Development and Transformation.

That a maximum spend of £2.332m be authorised on the final year of our current, extended Microsoft Enterprise Subscription Agreement and associated licensing spends through our compliantly contracted LSP, Boxxe.

Reason for the decision

To continue to be able to access critical operational licensing, after the 1 May2026 renewal date, authority was required to spend on the additional year of the current Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, ahead of a formal re-procurement for 1 May 2027.

The Cabinet Member for Transformation, Customer & Cultural Services presented the report to extend the Microsoft Enterprise Subscription Agreement and associated licensing spends. The recommendations were unanimously supported. 

It was proposed by Cllr B Wilson and seconded by Cllr N Ireland

Decision

That a maximum spend of £2.332m be authorised on the final year of our current, extended Microsoft Enterprise Subscription Agreement and associated licensing spends through our compliantly contracted LSP, Boxxe.

Reason for the decision

To continue to be able to access critical operational licensing, after the 1 May2026 renewal date, authority was required to spend on the additional year of the current Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, ahead of a formal re-procurement for 1 May 2027.