Decision details

Approval to direct award a three-year SaaS contract to Unit4

Decision Maker: Strategic Director (People and Transformation)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The council has been using Unit4 as its Finance system since 2004. Last year Unit4 publicly announced that they were moving all customers to their SaaS (Cloud) solution. Any on-premise solutions would no longer be supported.
Considering the high-risk implications of being unsupported by Unit4 for a significant period whilst we move to an alternative cloud solution, a decision has been made to move to Unit4 full SaaS by December 2026. This requires the council to sign up to a three-year contract by 31 December 2024.

Decision:

Move to Unit4 full SaaS by December 2026

Alternative options considered:

Option 1 - Move to Unit4 full SaaS by December 2026, as this is the only option available

Publication date: 24/01/2025

Date of decision: 18/12/2024

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