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title: "Corporate Telephony RFI"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04897d"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "ANCHOR HANOVER GROUP"
published: "2024-08-09"
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# Corporate Telephony RFI

Buyer: ANCHOR HANOVER GROUP  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04897d

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## Summary

The Anchor Hanover Group is planning a public procurement process for its "Corporate Telephony RFI" project. The initiative aims to replace their current Cisco telephony platform with a new solution based on Microsoft Teams. This project also includes finding a new telephony solution for care homes and other communal sites, with a preference for integrating the new system with the Teams platform. The procurement process is in the planning stage with relevant locations across Bradford and other sites in England. The primary industry category for this procurement is IP telephone services, classified under the CPV code 64215000. Key dates include a future notice expected on 2nd September 2024, and the procurement method is initiated as a tender.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in telephony and IT services, particularly those experienced with Microsoft Teams and the integration of telecommunication systems. Companies with innovative solutions that simplify telephony infrastructures and address specific needs in care homes and communal environments could find this project highly beneficial. Firms with capabilities in installation services of line telephony equipment (CPV code 51340000) and a track record of managing and providing services in the healthcare or community amenities sector would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Engaging with this tender could lead to substantial business growth and establish long-term partnerships with a prominent organization like Anchor Hanover Group.

## Notice

Anchor's main corporate telephony service was implemented in 2013, it is a physical Cisco platform owned by Anchor but hosted and fully managed by a 3rd party.

This project seeks to retire the Cisco platform, simplify all other connection types and remove any dependencies on PSTN infrastructure by introducing a single "corporate" telephony platform based on Microsoft Teams.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This project seeks to retire our existing Cisco platform, simplify all other connection types and remove any dependencies on PSTN infrastructure by introducing a single "corporate" telephony platform based on Microsoft Teams. This project will also identify and implement a new solution for care home colleagues and residents and other sites where communal phones are used, this solution would ideally share the same Teams solution. We are aware that this has various implications so are looking for innovative and simple solutions to this nuance of our requirements. Additional information: Responses to this RFI will help us to identify likely solutions and assist in shaping our future tender specification, based on our existing requirements and guidelines which are included in the main RFI documentation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025256-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Aug 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Sep 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ANCHOR HANOVER GROUP |
| Locality | BRADFORD |
| Post town | Bradford |
| Postcode | BD1 2ST |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE41 Bradford |
| Local authority | Bradford |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Bradford West |
| Delivery location | TLE41 Bradford |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 51 - Installation services (except software)
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services

### Codes

- 51340000 - Installation services of line telephony equipment
- 64215000 - IP telephone services

## Release History

- 9 Aug 2024 at 13:35 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025256-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://anchor.my.site.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.anchor.org.uk/

## Provenance

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