Award

Realtime Customer Contact

ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

09 May 2025 at 15:34

Tender

27 Sep 2024 at 07:37

Summary of the contracting process

Anglian Water Services Ltd has successfully completed a procurement process for the provision of Realtime Customer Contact services. This contract, which was officially signed on 10th April 2025, encompasses a variety of communication channels aimed at improving resilience and embracing technological advancements in customer interaction. The contract's scope is not geographically restricted to the East of England and involves selective procurement via a negotiated procedure with prior competition call, reflecting a strategic approach to complex service delivery within the Administration Services category. The procurement was initially tendered in September 2024 and transitioned through subsequent stages efficiently.

This tender presents significant opportunities for growth to businesses specialising in customer service technologies, particularly those capable of managing inbound and outbound communication platforms like telephony, WhatsApp, and live chat effectively. Companies operating within or willing to venture into the utilities sector might find this contract particularly lucrative, given the involvement of a major water services provider. With a focus on innovative and resilience-enhancing customer contact solutions, this contract is well-suited for companies skilled in adaptive communication technology solutions that foster seamless customer interaction beyond conventional business hours.

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Notice Title

Realtime Customer Contact

Notice Description

Anglian Water Services Ltd (Anglian Water) is undertaking a Procurement Exercise to assess Bidders for the provision of Real time customer contact and associated activities to improve resilience and adapt to technological changes as set out in the specification and draft contract documentation. The scope will cover a proportion of inbound telephony channels and outbound dialler (in addition WhatsApp and Live chat) negating the need for onshore resource post 4pm weekdays and during weekends. All workstreams contained within the contract will require judgement based thinking at different levels of complexity. For further information regarding this sourcing event please refer to the Bidder RFI/RFP Guidance document that is attached to the scanmarket event.

Lot Information

Lot 1

As per the Short description in section II.1.4 and for further detail please see the Bidder RFI/RFP Guidance Doc

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a35e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020201-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services


CPV Codes

75100000 - Administration services

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 May 20259 months ago
Submission Deadline
31 Oct 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Apr 202510 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED
Contact Name
Rebecca Longman
Contact Email
rlongman@anglianwater.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
HUNTINGDON
Postcode
PE29 6XU
Post Town
Peterborough
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
TLH East (England)

Local Authority
Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward
Huntingdon North
Westminster Constituency
Huntingdon

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