A partnership of seven local authorities in the North East of England has agreed a new four-year contract with Bramble Hub and our partner Integrated Skills (ISL) for the provision of RouteSmart for ArcGIS routing software. The seven authorities are:

Newcastle
Hartlepool
South Tyneside
Durham
Northumberland
Sunderland
Gateshead

From December 2022, ISL has been providing the following products and services:

RouteSmart for ArcGIS licences and updates
ArcGIS licences and updates
Secure hosting in a Tier 2+ secure and PCI compliant datacentre with ISO27001
Full office-hours and out-of-hours support

RouteSmart has delivered significant savings to a number of local authorities, by optimising routes and minimising mileage while enabling responsive waste-collection services. As well as providing financial savings, RouteSmart is deployed to reduce carbon emissions and help authorities meet their environmental targets. Many of the authorities having integrated RouteSmart for ArcGIS into their business processes, reporting and CRM services. There is already a strong community of RouteSmart users across the Partnership.

The Partnership opted to award the contract via the Data and Application Solutions Framework (RM3821) from Crown Commercial Service, which provided a simple, but fully compliant route to contract award.

Stuart Henshaw, Business Development Director at Integrated Skills commented, “We are delighted to be working with these seven authorities on this new contract. Government policy on waste means that there is an increased requirement for all authorities to be evaluating any policy changes on their waste services and these all have an impact on their routes."

For further information about ISL and RouteSmart, please see our articles about route optimisation and ISL's decision to become employee-owned.