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Background:

This report reviewed progress of the contract currently delivered by Corelogic Limited for Frameworki and recommended that Cabinet exercise the option to grant a 1 year extension available for this contract.

The Council had awarded a contract to Corelogic Limited for Frameworki in July 2012 using the Government Procurement Service’s ‘Local Government Software Application Solutions’ framework. The contract was granted for an initial period of 2 years with the ability to extend for up to a further 5 years on a year by year basis.

It was noted that the Integrated Social Care System allowed both Children and Adult Services to capture details of an individual and their family’s needs. Practitioners could form a better picture of a child or adult’s care and support requirements and to meet these in ways that were meaningful for the individual in their family context.

The report considered the key outcomes of the specification and an exempt appendix contained key information, including financial analysis and adherence to agreed Service Levels.

It was noted that on 13 August 2014 the Deputy Monitoring Officer, in consultation with Procurement Board, had agreed that this procurement should be re-categorised as Medium Risk. This meant that no further Gateway 5 reports would be made to Cabinet and that Cabinet approval would not be required to further extensions of the contract in accordance with its terms.

Reasons:

The Council’s need for, and obligation to provide, an adequate social care records system would remain into the long term. The current system Frameworki was operating well with no major issues of concern to report.