Decision details

Procurement of an email spam and threat protection service, to continue to protect the Council from email-based cyber-attacks.

The Council's existing email spam and threat protection service licensing expires in September 2024. Continued protection has been recommended by the ICT department to mitigate the risk of email based cyber-attacks on the Council.

The Council is working in collaboration with Waverley Borough Council currently. A shared solution is assumed to provide efficiencies in the future, so the current Waverley solution was considered. This solution had a higher price, and therefore the decision was taken to retain the existing Guildford solution to avoid investing in further deviation of this technology.

The Council looked to two suppliers for quotations. The incumbent's pricing was the best price, and therefore was chosen for this procurement.

Council Constitution dated 9th August 2024, Part 3, Page 3-50, Ref 2.8.7:
To take any action in relation to procurement and the letting of contracts for goods and services, within approved budgets.