Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council note that because of the unavailability of competitive tenders a satisfactory result would not be achieved by inviting tenders;

(B)        Council note the reason why a satisfactory result would not be achieved by inviting tenders is that there is very little variation in costs for SAP products through resellers such as Discovery Consulting;

(C)       authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate, execute and administer the contract with Discovery Consulting P/L to provide the SuccessFactors Talent Management System for a period of three years with an option of a two-year extension for the price outlined in Confidential Attachment A to the subject report and otherwise on terms acceptable to the City; and

(D)       authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to exercise the option referred to in clause (C), if appropriate, and negotiate the price to extend the contract accordingly.