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008695 - Customer Contact Centre through digital and omni-channel

Communication and multimedia software package
Other community
social and personal services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Newcastle City Council: "008695 - Customer Contact Centre through digital and omni-channel". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNewcastle City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Newcastle City Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Newcastle City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.5Bids / Report
30.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 63 active published awards; 62 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNewcastle City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published29 Apr 2025, 11:06 BST
Last source update29 Apr 2025, 11:06 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCommunication and multimedia software package, Other community, social and personal services
Delivery area
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0508ef
What is being bought
A Market Engagement Exercise was carried out as our current telephony platform does not meet our current or future needs and is driving costly support arrangements. Calls dropping audio problems and the inability to transfer some calls. The Market Engagement reviewed other available products and one solution fitted NCC needs for now and the future. A direct award to AWS was granted via the Yorkshire Procurement Organisation (YPO) Framework 1126 - Cloud Services, AI, Data Centre Management and Transformation Solutions, Lot 1 - Cloud Hosting Services. This solution is fully compliant with procurement regulations (PCR 2015) and offers a compliant route to market. We reviewed YPO 1126 framework and AWS provided the most competitive solution.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Apr 2025, 11:06 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    29 Apr 2025, 11:06 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    29 Apr 2025, 11:06 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    To update the current telephony System with a Digital and cloud based solution throughout NCC locations. There have been 49 incidents being logged with ICT in the last 6 months. These have been for a range of issues from calls dropping, audio problems and inability to transfer calls. This is not sustainable. A cloud telephony solution offering a range of services and features such as Amazon Connect (Contact Centre System), has extensive storage and AI capabilities. It is widely used by organisations and governments due to its high security and compliance features. It was also named as a leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre as a Service (Gartner are a research agency that provide unbiased insight into key players in many markets).
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    29 Apr 2025, 11:06 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 22 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
AWS EMEA SARL UK
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 22 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
highestValidBidValue: 900000
lowestValidBidValue: 630000
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 900000 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 630000 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Newcastle City Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-44810
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  • Newcastle City Council
    buyer

    Civic Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UKC22, NE18QH
  • AWS EMEA SARL UK
    supplier

    GB-COH: FC034225
    1 Principal Place, London, UK, EC2A 2FA
  • High Court of Justice
    reviewBody

    Technology and Construction Court, 7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleMarket Engagement and used YPO Framework 1126. This had already been advertised as a framework.