RESOLVED that the award of a contract to Company D for the provision of a replacement PABX and associated telephony services for a period of 5 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years, thus giving an overall contract value of £2,077,456, be approved.

The Cabinet Member for Finance presented the report, which set out a recommendation to award a contract for replacement telephony services for the Council.

The Director of Corporate Services advised that the new contract would result in improvements to telephony services offered in the Council with improved efficiency in part due to moving to cloud based storage.

RESOLVED that the award of a contract to Company D for the provision of a replacement PABX and associated telephony services for a period of 5 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years, thus giving an overall contract value of £2,077,456, be approved.