Tender

Contact Management Centre

THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LTD

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Tender

18 May 2022 at 13:35

Summary of the contracting process

The Guinness Partnership Ltd, located in London, is currently conducting a tender for a project titled "Contact Management Centre". This procurement falls under the services category, specifically focusing on IT services such as consulting and software development. The tender period is set to conclude on 24 June 2022, with an overall contract value of £1,260,000. This selective procurement process aims to engage qualified providers capable of delivering a cloud-based Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) solution, significantly transforming the current telephony and software architecture of the organisation.

This tender presents substantial growth opportunities for businesses specialising in IT service provision, particularly those with expertise in cloud-based solutions and contact centre innovations. Companies that can demonstrate experience in deploying CCaaS in the social housing sector or similar industries will find themselves well positioned. The scope for enhancement includes workflow optimisation, AI integration, improved customer engagement, and the decommissioning of legacy systems, all of which require robust technical capabilities and strategic foresight to meet the demands of this substantial contract.

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Notice Title

Contact Management Centre

Notice Description

As part of the IT Cloud based Strategy TGP are exploring a new framework to replace the current Anywhere 365 Contact Centre (A365) set up to a cloud-based Contact Centre as a Service solution (CCaaS) offering a unified communication service and technology stack, considering all the products and services that help operate the contact centre currently from the telephony, infrastructure, and software. This procurement seeks to engage with providers with exemplary experience within the Contact Management Center arena that includes assisting organisations through Contact Centre as a Service solution (CCaaS) within the Social Housing sector, or equivalent organisation (of a comparable size, scale, and complexity in terms of geographical footprint, services, regulation and customer demographics).

Lot Information

Lot 1

Phase 1 * For approx. 400 contact centre colleagues * New unified cloud-based solution can establish interconnectivity eliminating siloed use of applications, * digitalising workflows, workforce optimisation and improving both the customer/agent experience, * creating a more customer centric and empathetic journey using advances in areas such as software, AI, Interactive Voice Responses, Virtual Agent Assistants and Chat Bots which play a profound role understanding and assessing a customers needs * Improving Self Service options, optimising the verification processes * innovative ways to handle 'call overflow' through careful management and consideration is * Better call quality Management * Optimising inbound / outbound calls with intelligent call routing and a blended workforce * New and improved ways of gathering data for intelligent realtime reporting * Integrations into All Pay depending on decision around renewal in Feb 2023 * Dynamics 365 Online is key to enable all customer contact to be recorded, tracked and managed within CRM ieally providing a 365 degree view of all omni channels * Dynamic 365 expertise to be provided as part of the project * Seamless connected channels of communication * A singular Managed Service where continuous improvement is shared between both parties Phase 2 * Decommission Skype For Business and transition to a full MS Teams model for the remaining 2000 staff across the organisation. This could be done before the implementation of the contact centre this doesn't include upgrading video conferencing capabilities as these will be looked at as part of a separate project * Decommission of all current technology stack: Verint, Wallboards, Daisy, Live Person and A365 * Phase 2 doesn't include integration with Zoho or any other CRM legacy systems

Renewal: An initial contract term of 60 months with potential to extend by a further 24 months

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-033ad0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013362-2022
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,260,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 May 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
24 Jun 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LTD
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@guinness.org.uk
Contact Phone
+44 7914807910

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
NW1 3FG
Post Town
North West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Regent's Park
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

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