Decision Maker: Deputy City Mayor - Culture, Leisure, Sport and Regulatory Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To purchase a new object security system.
Decision:
To release
£82,000 from a £550,000 policy provision for
improvements in museums in the 2020/21 Capital
Programme. The funding will be used to
install a new compliant object security system in Museums.
Reasons for the decision:
To release the funding
for the purchase of a new object security system.
Alternative options:
- Continue with existing system - The current system operates on
Windows 7 and that will no longer be supported from January
2023. Continuing with the existing
system is, therefore, not an option.
- Removing security protection from objects and not replacing the
system is also not an option as it would put objects with
significant value at risk. The Service
would lose Accreditation, which in turn would impact on access to
funding such as Arts Council England’s National Portfolio
Organisation programme. The collections
insurance would become invalid if sufficient protection is not
provided for objects.
- Implement a new compliant system identified through a
procurement exercise.
Publication date: 20/03/2023
Date of decision: 20/03/2023
Effective from: 28/03/2023
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