Decision details

Procurement of Unit4 ERP licensing agreement

Decision Maker: Lead Specialist for ICT

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Council's existing licensing agreement for use of Unit4 ERP ("Business World") expires on 30th May 2023. To continue using this system as the Council's Finance and HR/Payroll platform, a new licensing agreement needs to be agreed.

Decision:

Procurement of Unit4 ERP services, to continue to supply a Finance, HR and payroll platform for the Council.

Reasons for the decision:

The Council's existing ERP agreement expired on 30th May 2023. The Council continues to require a Finance, HR and payroll platform.

Alternative options considered:

It is less than three years since the Council initially went live with Unit4 ERP, a significant implementation that continued through incremental delivery of functionality since. Migration to an alternative platform would take a further significant investment and would have needed to start shortly after the original implementation in order to have migrated at this time.

Given the recent nature of the original implementation, it was not considered value for money to seek to replace the platform so soon after implementation.

Publication date: 13/06/2023

Date of decision: 13/06/2023