Notice Information
Notice Title
Phase 2 Contact Centre Services
Notice Description
The successful Supplier will provide high quality contact centre services that support the delivery of a range of telephony-based services on behalf of DWP Service Delivery. The Contract will be for an initial term of 3 years delivery (following a 3 month implementation period) with the option to extend up to a further one year plus up to a further one year. (3+1+1). The expected value range is PS120m to PS200m depending upon whether options to extend are exercised.<br/>The Successful Supplier must deliver a consistent, high quality telephony service which will identify continuous improvement opportunities and the potential for innovation to the services. They must be able to flexibly deploy resourcing up and down to meet citizen demand and respond to planned and unplanned changes in forecasts with change driven from a range of sources.<br/>These services are to be delivered through a hybrid solution comprising office and homeworking delivery managed by the Supplier, utilising the DWP contact centre telephony platform. The Supplier will adopt and implement new related optional and ancillary customer contact services for DWP as required and implement any required changes (e.g. working hour patterns) to the current services at pace.<br/>This contract has now been awarded following a Competitive procedure on Lot 1 of the CCS Outsourced Contact Centre and Business Services Framework Agreement - RM 6181.<br/><br/>https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d30dcdd3-0369-470c-896e-d54a3173fddc <br/><br/>For clarity and avoidance of doubt:<br/>This Contract was published on Contracts finder and is being reproduced on FTS in order to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification to it.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The successful Supplier will provide high quality contact centre services that support the delivery of a range of telephony-based services on behalf of DWP Service Delivery. The Contract will be for an initial term of 3 years delivery (following a 3 month implementation period) with the option to extend up to a further one year plus up to a further one year. (3+1+1). The expected value range is PS120m to PS200m depending upon whether options to extend are exercised.
The Successful Supplier must deliver a consistent, high quality telephony service which will identify continuous improvement opportunities and the potential for innovation to the services. They must be able to flexibly deploy resourcing up and down to meet citizen demand and respond to planned and unplanned changes in forecasts with change driven from a range of sources.
These services are to be delivered through a hybrid solution comprising office and homeworking delivery managed by the Supplier, utilising the DWP contact centre telephony platform. The Supplier will adopt and implement new related optional and ancillary customer contact services for DWP as required and implement any required changes (e.g. working hour patterns) to the current services at pace.
This contract has now been awarded following a Competitive procedure on Lot 1 of the CCS Outsourced Contact Centre and Business Services Framework Agreement - RM 6181.
Procurement Information
For Clarity and avoidance of doubt:<br/>This Contract was published on Contracts finder and is being reproduced on FTS in order to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification to it.<br/><br/>https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d30dcdd3-0369-470c-896e-d54a3173fddc<br/><br/>The reason that 'award with no prior notice' was used here is because using Restricted Procedure Type required the PIN code of an F02 notice. As this was procured on a framework there was no F02 notice this option was chosen as a workaround to Atamis.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066218
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022124-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- 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
79512000 - Call centre
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £435,100,394 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Mar 20262 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Mar 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 13 Mar 2026 - 12 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 9NA
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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