County Hall set to invite BT to take on range of council services
CORNWALL Council is set to invite BT to submit a formal tender to take on some council services.
The council's Cabinet met on Monday to consider its plans to set up a joint venture with BT to provide support services.
The project has been hit by setbacks and arguments which have left it a much slimmed-down version of the original proposal.
Council officers had drawn up plans to hand a raft of services to the new public-private partnership, including libraries, procurement and benefits. But councillors objected to such a large-scale privatisation and delayed the project so it could be reduced.
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Former Conservative council leader Alec Robertson was voted out of office after attempting to forge ahead with the project, despite a council vote expressing concern.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has since withdrawn from the proposed joint venture. Peninsula Community Health and Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust will be part of the agreement.
The £14.4 million contract – which the council says will offer "guaranteed savings and new jobs in Cornwall" – covers a range of services, including ICT support, 'telehealth' and 'telecare', document management, invoice processing, payroll and employment support and improving information sharing.
The council said BT would be asked to submit its bid later this week.
It added: "This will be evaluated against a set range of criteria, including financials, job creation, trading and inward investment and service delivery and quality."
3 Comments
by IBM_Out
Saturday, March 09 2013, 11:38AM
“Former Cornwall Council CEO Lavery negotiates an "exit sweetener" in New Zealand!
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Wellington City Council's new boss is in line for a "golden parachute" payment of up to $200,000 if he ends up losing his job in a super-city reorganisation.
If there is regional amalgamation before the end of Kevin Lavery's five-year contract, and he doesn't get another job within the new council, he will be entitled to half his $400,000 annual salary, or the remainder of his contract – whichever is less.
The details of Dr Lavery's contract as Wellington City Council chief executive can be revealed after an official information request by The Dominion Post.
It also shows ratepayers spent more than $12,000 flying him to Wellington for an interview, and that he can claim up to $40,000 for the cost of shifting his family from Cornwall to New Zealand."
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A great shame that Mr Lavery doesn't appear to negotiate Council contracts with the private sector as shrewdly he negotiates his own contracts! Why is that?”
by IBM_Out
Friday, March 08 2013, 6:01PM
“Cornwall Council rushes to sign BT outsourcing deal before elections
http://tinyurl.com/a3b2afk
Cornwall Council, by the way, has one of the best local authority websites I have seen. If the website is a reflection of the imagination and efficiency of its IT department, Cornwall Council should be selling its IT skills to BT for a small fortune – not giving staff away.”
by IBM_Out
Friday, March 08 2013, 6:00PM
“Cornwall Council rushes to sign BT outsourcing deal before elections
http://tinyurl.com/a3b2afk
Cornwall Council, by the way, has one of the best local authority websites I have seen. If the website is a reflection of the imagination and efficiency of its IT department, Cornwall Council should be selling its IT skills to BT for a small fortune – not giving staff away.”