Notice Information
Notice Title
Out of Hours Call Handling Service
Notice Description
The Authority, is seeking to appoint a business partner to effectively and reliably deliver an Out of Hours Call Centre Handling Service Provision. This is for the handling of calls outside of the Authority's own customer call centre operating hours in regard to the portfolio of properties it owns and manages and shall typically relate to the reporting of repairs, the triaging of such and associated raising of works orders with the Authority's appointed repairs contractor's. The services to be provided under the contract shall be in all respects of the quality or type as detailed in the Specification, Contract, Schedules and Appendices.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Authority, is seeking to appoint a business partner to effectively and reliably deliver an Out of Hours Call Centre Handling Service Provision. This is for the handling of calls outside of the Authority's own customer call centre operating hours in regard to the portfolio of properties it owns and manages and shall typically relate to the reporting of repairs, the triaging of such and associated raising of works orders with the Authority's appointed repairs contractor's. The services to be provided under the contract shall be in all respects of the quality or type as detailed in the Specification, Contract, Schedules and Appendices.
Renewal: Two (2) year initial contract term with the option to extend for up to three (3) years (in one year increments).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-040ce4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039495-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79500000 - Office-support services
79510000 - Telephone-answering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £112,780 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Dec 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 May 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Oct 2023Expired
- Award Date
- 16 Oct 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ORBIT GROUP LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Ms Samantha Bishop, Samantha Bishop
- Contact Email
- samantha.bishop@orbit.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2476148425
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV3 2SU
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- Wyken
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry East
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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