Decision details

Procurement of Astun iShare in the Cloud (iSiC) Enterprise (a geographic information system) licences to enable the Council to continue to use mapping services.

The Council's existing geographic information system licence agreement expires on 31st March 2024. The Council continues to use mapping for both internal and public-facing services.

A licensing arrangement to enable continued use is therefore considered necessary at this time.

Migration to an alternative platform would take a further significant investment. Use of the G-Cloud framework enables the Council to secure licensing at the same cost as the previous arrangement which was identified as value-for-money for the services provided. Alternative solutions have therefore been rejected at this time as the implementation cost and impact means the existing solution is better value-for-money at this time.

Council Constitution dated 31st January 2024, Part 3, Page 3-40, paragraph 2(c):

GENERAL DELEGATION TO ALL JOINT STRATEGIC DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE HEADS OF SERVICE, AND SERVICE LEADERS

2. To undertake the day-to-day management and operation of staff reporting to them and of the premises and services for which they are responsible in accordance with the policies and procedures laid down by the Council, including:

(c) entering into contracts (in consultation with the relevant Lead Councillor where the value is above £200,000), memoranda of understanding or other arrangements