That the award of contract, through the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) G-Cloud 12 framework (lot 3) to Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd (Hitachi), for the Technology Transformation Roadmap (incorporating data transformation, Housing technology transformation and new web customer portal) for a period of two years (with the option to extend by a further 12 months as further detailed in paragraph eight of the report) with a total maximum cost of £2m commencing in September 2022, be approved.