Planning

Customer Contact and Operations

NS&I

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Planning

21 Dec 2021 at 16:00

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process titled "Customer Contact and Operations" is being conducted by NS&I, located at 1 Drummond Gate, Pimlico, London, SW1V 2QX, England. Currently in the planning stage, this tender seeks a strategic supplier for managed services, particularly focusing on contact centre operations and Assisted Digital capabilities. The engagement end date for industry feedback is set for 1 April 2022, as NS&I aims to explore the best practices in customer service and operations to optimise their offerings.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses, especially those specialising in managed services, customer care, and automation technologies. Companies of all sizes are encouraged to participate and contribute innovative solutions that support digital self-service methodologies and improve customer journey efficiencies. Businesses that can provide integrated contact centre technologies, alongside back-office operational capabilities, will find this procurement particularly suitable for driving growth and enhancing their market presence.

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Notice Title

Customer Contact and Operations

Notice Description

This procurement will consist of two packages. The Customer Contact and Operations package will procure a strategic supplier of managed services to support, deliver and integrate contact centre services, including the provision of Assisted Digital capabilities, supporting customers through digital self-service and customer journeys to perform on their behalf when needed to support vulnerable and digitally excluded customers. The Core Banking, Payment and Reporting package will will procure a strategic supplier of managed services to deliver and integrate core banking services and systems of record, including: customer accounts and account lifecycle management; pooled accounts; payment verification and transaction processing; interest calculations and capitalisation; statement generation; product development and lifecycle management; general ledger and product accounting; fraud detection and monitoring; account and customer management information; insight capabilities; reporting and knowledge management; and Open Banking. Additional information: NS&I requires a strategic supplier of managed services to support, deliver and integrate contact centre services, including the provision of Assisted Digital capabilities, supporting customers through digital self-service and customer journeys to perform on their behalf when needed to support vulnerable and digitally excluded customers. The supplier will provide the people, relevant contact centre technology and capabilities, enable and manage our assisted digital customer journeys and experiences. It will request and support data provision and insight from this package to be shared with our other package providers to both inform our digital customer journeys and experiences and to build our Knowledge and Insight capabilities. The supplier shall also deliver operational "back-office" capabilities and services, including complaints management, to manage and process non-digital customer interactions and journeys. While 96% of our customer interactions originate from digital channels, with 6 million customers registered to use online, responses and out bound services currently have lower levels of digital origination. Our aspiration is for customers to digitally self-serve and while we are on the journey to achieve this, the supplier will need to have capabilities to accept and scan post with integrated services into the back-office processes/capabilities as well as print capabilities for outbound services. Reviewing, redesigning and reducing non-digitised interactions and journeys while improving efficiency and reducing customer effort will be vital. Actionable insight will need to be gathered and used to help identify such non digital interactions/ journeys that could be digitised and/or automated ensuring more digital self-serve customer journeys are enabled. This may include for example identifying and implementing opportunities for robotic automation. NS&I views this event as the perfect opportunity to receive feedback from industry to help shape the Contact Centre and Operations package and explore the viability of our approach. During this event NS&I will: * share its vision and indicative timelines; * share its thinking on the people, ways of working and technology capabilities needed to support its contact centre and back-office operation; * gain your insights and constructive challenge on relevant proven and emerging industry best practice; and * benefit from your insight into the optimal alignment between its requirements and that best practice. As NS&I looks to disaggregate its contracts, the organisation is keen to access the best capabilities contained in the market; and all sizes of companies are encouraged to join if they think they have relevant solutions. NS&I would like to speak with several suppliers directly after the event to listen to feedback on the requirements and challenge areas of our thinking. If you are interested in participating in one of these sessions, please contact NS&I at tenders@rainbow.nsandi.com

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-6228a9f1-4aa0-44b5-b2f7-fccf5280aab6
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7ad89c69-98ce-4a85-9538-f800b5650e0e
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

66110000 - Banking services

79342300 - Customer services

79342320 - Customer-care services

79510000 - Telephone-answering services

79570000 - Mailing-list compilation and mailing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Dec 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Apr 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NS&I
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1V 2QX
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Pimlico North
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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