Cabinet, on 17 April 2024, resolved to:

1.         Grant project approval to the proposal to use the Health Trust Europe (HTE) Framework to undertake a compliant process to make the direct award of a five year contract to migrate systems and services from the SCC data centre to an Azure-centric hosting environment;

2.         Delegate authority to the Executive Director (Corporate Resources) in consultation with the Head of Law and Governance, the Head of Financial Services, and the Cabinet Member for Citizen Focused Services and Council Companies to use the (THE) Framework to finalise terms and enter into a contract with the preferred supplier; and

3.         Approve the waiver of Contract Rules in respect of sections 19.18 and 19.19 of the Constitution where the terms of the contract, due to the rules of the framework, cannot be amended to conform with the requirements of the Contract Rules.