Notice Information
Notice Title
Out of Hours Call Handling Service
Notice Description
Abri sought a dedicated provider to deliver an out-of-hours call handling service, ensuring residents receive timely, empathetic, and effective assistance when urgent housing management issues arise outside standard working hours. This includes critical concerns such as emergency repairs, serious incidents, and tenancy-related emergencies. Our goal was to implement an innovative, dependable, and cost-efficient solution that enhances service delivery while maintaining our commitment to high-quality, customer-focused support. The selected provider should offer a robust and responsive system that ensures residents feel supported and always valued.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0001
Renewal: Optional to extend up to 84 months.
Planning Information
Please see documentation and questionnaire on our tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/abri/aspx/Home Note that the deadline for submitting your response to this PME is 12:00 PM on 20 June 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054603
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083126-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, 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, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
32551400 - Telephone network
64214200 - Telephone switchboard services
79510000 - Telephone-answering services
79511000 - Telephone operator services
79512000 - Call centre
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £2,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 22 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 10 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2035-01-08
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE SWAYTHLING HOUSING SOCIETY LTD (TRADING AS ABRI)
- Contact Name
- Laiza Mendiola
- Contact Email
- procurement.team@abri.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- 03001231567
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EASTLEIGH
- Postcode
- SO50 6AD
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ35 South Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Eastleigh
- Electoral Ward
- Eastleigh North
- Westminster Constituency
- Eastleigh
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083126-2025
16th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055978-2025
11th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051125-2025
26th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042966-2025
24th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031259-2025
10th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031230-2025
10th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/abri/aspx/Login
The document set is available digitally on Abri's tendering platform.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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