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# Contact Centre Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centre-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e286). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent County Council: "Contact Centre Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Kent County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-county-council-ons-e10000016)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 March 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Call centre
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £9,142,634 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e286`

## 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-04e286#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [kentbusinessportal.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kentbusinessportal.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centre-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e286#participate

## Description
Kent County Council have appointed Capita Business Services Ltd as the provider for SC230157 - Contact Centre Services on a four year contract, commencing on 1st April 2026, with an optional 3 year extension available. 
Capita will deliver a high quality, value for money and efficient contact centre service to the residents of Kent. These services will include:
•	24 hours, 7 days a week service provision (essential provision only Out of Hours)
•	key telephony services for KCC's customer contacts
•	Emergency calls
•	Harnessing technology to enable customers to self-serve or reach their outcome in the quickest possible way

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Kent County Council have appointed Capita Business Services Ltd as the provider for SC230157 - Contact Centre Services on a four year contract, commencing on 1st April 2026, with an optional 3 year extension available. 
Capita will deliver a high qua...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 084974-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Capita Business Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02299747`
  - Value: £9,142,634 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 084974-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £9,142,634
  - Signed Date: 17/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F084974-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-19T14:35:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:01:28.030Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e286