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# Contact Centre as a Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centre-as-a-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03d5e7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Norfolk County Council wishes to procure a new contact centre as a service. Norfolk County Council currently has a managed contact centre service, which is used by six service areas. The contract also includes services for the migration from the current legacy system.The estimate value included in this notice does not include VAT.The contract length is 5 years as the initial term with the right to extend by a period or periods of up to 3 years.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020)
- **Published Value:** £750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 August 2023 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKH15, UKH16, UKH17
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centre-as-a-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03d5e7#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d5e7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centre-as-a-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03d5e7#tl-md)

## Description
Norfolk County Council wishes to procure a new  contact centre as a service. Norfolk County Council currently has a managed contact centre service, which is used by six service areas. Norfolk County Council IT have full admin rights to the system, which we wish to retain for our replacement system. The current contract ends on 31st March 2024. The primary drivers are: to improve security, resilience, user experience and flexibility to enable increased use of cloud services.  The contract also includes services for the migration from the current legacy system.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 32000000, 48000000, 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £750,000

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022618-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-03T14:00:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-04T02:13:46.911Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d5e7