Councillor Tahir Rafiq, Cabinet Member for Corporate Affairs and HR, presented the report which sought a decision regarding who should be the Council’s Partner (or reseller) beyond the existing Microsoft Licensing Solutions Partner, SCC.
Decision:
Cabinet agreed to extend the existing Microsoft Licensing Solutions Partner, SCC, for a further 2 years via HealthTrust Europe’s ICT Solutions 2019 Framework ComIT2.
Reasons for the decision:
SCC are a leading Licensing Solutions Partner (LSP) and given Bury Council has a fixed price agreement with Microsoft for the next two years there are no savings to be made by switching to a different LSP.
Alternative options considered and rejected
Switch to a different Licensing Solutions Partner (LSP). This option has been rejected as there would be no financial gain to the Council however additional costs would be incurred to run a procurement exercise.