Decision

(1)     Give approval to award a contract to Phoenix Software Ltd for a period to end 31 March 2027 for a Microsoft Enterprise 5 (E5) licensing agreement using the KCS framework at a total value of spend attributable to E5, over 3 years is: £4,737,892.50;

(2)     Approve the purchase of Server and Cloud Enrolment (SCE) agreement at an annual cost of £152,890.80 - based upon a volume of up to 300 servers and at current pricing with a total value over 3 years of £458,672.40;

(3)     Approve the purchase of Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses at an annual cost of £88,740.00 - based upon a volume of up to 300 users and at current pricing at a total value over 3 years of £266,220.00;

(4)     That any necessary exemptions be made to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules to enable the course of action referred to in (1), (2) and (3) to proceed.