Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Contact Centre Communications Software
Notice Description
Customer Contact Centre Communications Software Solution that has the capacity to integrate with an existing Customer Relationship Management Solution (CRM) and must be able to scale up rapidly to accommodate approximately 400 agents. WWU has approximately ninety-seven (97) customer facing contact centre agents working 8am-8pm Monday-Friday and 9am-2pm Saturday. * 22 Contact Centre Agents. * 15 Work Management Scheduling Agents. * 60 Connections agents. Essential criteria. * Existing System without need for significant development. * Proven Interoperability with SAP C/4 HANA. * A solution that is already in use and proven to work effectively within another organisation. * Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. * Scalable to receive large volumes of calls at short notice. * Scalability to approximately 400 users / agents.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Proposed Total duration: Four (4) Years, with option to extend by three (3) consecutive 12-month periods.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e7af
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064778-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48500000 - Communication and multimedia software package
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,250,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,250,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £650,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Sep 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Oct 2025 - 31 Oct 2029 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Peter Tune
- Contact Email
- wwuprocurement@wwutilities.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +447967844390
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWPORT
- Postcode
- NP10 8FZ
- Post Town
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Newport
- Electoral Ward
- Tredegar Park and Marshfield
- Westminster Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064778-2025
13th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007108-2025
25th February 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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