Purpose

This report details the decision for the
procurement of new network infrastructure, replacing equipment that
is now either end of life or close to end of life, thus not
receiving the necessary security patches and updates. The network
replacement is therefore critical for cyber security reasons. The
procurement includes hardware replacement plus design,
configuration and implementation works which will be carried out by
Intergence Systems Limited.

Content

Officer decision for the procurement of
replacement network infrastructure, and for the design,
configuration and implementation works to be carried out by
Intergence Systems Limited.
The total costing of the solution including new infrastructure for
the estate and installation, setup, configuration, testing,
High-Level and Low-Level Designs, test plans and results is
£234,000. In this regard the reader should note that the
£233,337 replacement costs comprises;
1)£182,000,replacement hardware costs (*)
2)£52,000 Intergence Systems Ltd network re-design and
implementation/ installation costs.
In accordance with Council’s Budget and Policy framework this
procurement will be a direct award via the G-Cloud 14 framework LOT
3. Cabinet previously approved the budget for IT network renewal
costs report A.2 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2024/25 –
GENERAL UPDATE at the end of July 2024 refers.