Decision details

Award of IT maintenance and support contract for the North London Coroners Court

Decision Maker: Interim Director Commercial & Operations

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

Director to award a contract to Ashgoal Ltd for a fully management IT support service for North London Coroner’s Jurisdiction including installation of new infrastructure, of out of hours support, licences, training, consultancy and all hardware needs for 3 years at £115,000 ext VAT. The contract period is 1.1.18 – 31.12.20

Reasons for the decision:

The current contract for IT support services comes to an end on the 31st December 2017 and a new operating model is required for modern working required.

Alternative options considered:

Do nothing – rejected, its support is critical to service
In House IT Support - rejected, In house team unable to meet the needs of the service in the timescale required by the Coroner
Extend existing provider – rejected in order to ensure best value and compliance with contract rules procedures this option was ruled out.

Publication date: 04/12/2017

Date of decision: 22/11/2017