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# Contact Centre Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centre-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b2df). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Nottingham: "Contact Centre Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Nottingham](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-nottingham-urn-133856)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Call centre
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £350,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b2df`

## 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-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b2df#tl-md)

## Description
A Contact Centre Service provider is required to support the University's call centre operation for the University Clearing process from the 1st July 2021 to 31st August. 
The university cannot resource the prolonged call centre support that is needed this year, due to the increased uncertainty within the applicant community caused by the Covid-19 impacts on study and examinations.
During this period it is anticipated that 20 call handlers will be required, rising to 300 during the 10th to 12th August 2021. 
Call handlers are required to support on three types of line: Clearing Hotline; Confirmation Hotline; Medicine & Health Sciences Hotline.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Contact Centre Services contract to provide the anticipated call handlers, training and the necessary resources to support the transition and mobilisation of the service.

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 011118-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Serco Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PMNV-5613-PQMY`
  - Value: £350,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 016310-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Serco Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PMNV-5613-PQMY`
  - Value: £350,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 016310-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £350,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2021

- **Contract:** 011118-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £350,000
  - Signed Date: 18/05/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016310-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-13T09:05:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:52:30.377Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b2df