RESOLVED:

1.    That the the following modifications of the agreement between the Council and Advanced Business Software and Solutions Ltd be approved:

·         Take up the optional 2 year extension that was provided for in the original contract.

·         Add the ‘Spend Analysis’ and ‘Business Tax Portal’ modules.

·         Extend the contract by a further period of one year (2023/4).

2.    That the Resources team is authorised to raise a purchase order for the Business Tax Portal as soon as possible through January 2021 as we are mandated by HMRC to have this sub module operational by 1^st April 2021.

The Cabinet Member for Finance presented the report which set out a proposal to extend the existing contract for the Council’s Financial Management System, for which the Council had been offered a discount in recognition of the delay in and cost of the initial implementation.

The Director of Corporate Services added that the spend analysis would be added into the system would help the Council in its category management plans for procurement process and the business tax portal modules to enable digital VAT.

The Chair thanked the officers involved.

RESOLVED:

1.    That the following modifications of the agreement between the Council and Advanced Business Software and Solutions Ltd be approved:

·         Take up the optional 2 year extension that was provided for in the original contract.

·         Add the ‘Spend Analysis’ and ‘Business Tax Portal’ modules.

·         Extend the contract by a further period of one year (2023/4).

2.    That the Resources team is authorised to raise a purchase order for the Business Tax Portal as soon as possible through January 2021 as we are mandated by HMRC to have this sub module operational by 1^st April 2021.