That:

a)    That the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services agrees to the draw down of £278k from revenue funds to reprocure the Council’s Enterprise Resource planning System (ERP); 

b)    The Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services delegates authority to the Director of Transformation and Strategy to take all operational decisions, which will include procuring a new cloud-based software service, to implement recommendation a.

1.             Maintaining the hosting of our Unit 4 Business World ERP system on the Herefordshire Council Network which is set to lose product support in 2026. Not recommended. This would prove catastrophic to delivering core business functions and would result in  Herefordshire Council missing out on product developments. This includes the ability to update the system in alignment with any legislative changes and present potential exposure to cyber security risks.