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# Contact Centres and Business Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centres-and-business-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a266). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service: "Contact Centres and Business Services". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £3,500,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 4 May 2021, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-minister-for-the-cabinet-office-acting-through-crown-com-GB-FTS-575)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £3,500,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 May 2021 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting and auditing services, Accounting review services, Accounting services, Accounting, auditing and fiscal services, Administration services (+49 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centres-and-business-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a266#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a266`

## 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-centres-and-business-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a266#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcrowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centres-and-business-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a266#participate

## Description
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) intended to establish a framework agreement for the provision of outsourced contact centre services, shared services and operational business process services. The framework will be used by UK Central Government and wider public sector organisations. Buyers will include, but are not limited to, Central Government departments and their agencies, non-departmental public bodies, devolved administrations, NHS bodies, local authorities, police, voluntary sector, charities and private sector organisations procuring on behalf of these bodies.
The framework has 2 lots:
Lot 1 Contact Centres – for the provision of contact centres servicing citizen and industry engagement with the public sector.
Lot 2 Business Services – for the provision of financial accounting, HR, payroll, and source-to-pay business services.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Contact Centres
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75100000, 75130000, 79340000, 79341000, 79341100, 79341400
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 1 Contact Centres was for the provision of contact centres servicing citizen and industry engagement with the public sector.
The full scope of Lot 1 was set out in the Specification that is part of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.

### Lot 2: Business Services
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48400000, 48450000, 48451000, 48480000, 75100000, 75112000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 2 Business Services was for the provision of financial accounting, HR, payroll, and source-to-pay business services.
The full scope of Lot 2 was set out in the Specification that is part of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.

### Lot 1 & 2: All Lots
- **Lot id:** `1 & 2`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Crown Commercial Service (CCS) intended to establish a framework agreement for the provision of outsourced contact centre services, shared services and operational business process services. The framework will be used by UK Central Government and wid...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (23)
- **Award:** Contact Centres and Business Services (active)
  - Award id: `013734-2025-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Full list of successful suppliers is available on Contracts Finder, The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-8425`
  - Value: £3,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **NCO Europe Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26362`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-10 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Capita Business Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02299747`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-11 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Serco Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PMNV-5613-PQMY`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-12 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **G4S Facilities Management (UK) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176081`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-13 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Charles Novacroft Direct Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26372`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-14 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Contact Company Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26373`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-15 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ResQ Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26374`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-16 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Arvato Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26367`
  - Value: £2,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-17 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Capita Business Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02299747`
  - Value: £2,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-18 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Shared Services Connected Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:08460577`
  - Value: £2,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-19 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Accenture (UK) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186358`
  - Value: £2,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **go-centric Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26363`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-20 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Serco Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PMNV-5613-PQMY`
  - Value: £2,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-21 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Liberata UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168122`
  - Value: £2,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-22 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **NHS Shared Business Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-180489`
  - Value: £2,000,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-3 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Teleperformance Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166599`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-4 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ventrica Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26365`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-5 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Hinduja Global Solutions UK Ltd (HGS UK Ltd)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26366`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-6 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Arvato Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26367`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-7 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Sitel UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93499`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-8 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Shared Services Connected Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:08460577`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 020738-2021-9 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **TTEC (UK) Solutions Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-26370`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

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

## Contracts (23)
> [View all 23 signed contracts on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contact-centres-and-business-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02a266#contracts)

- **Contract:** Contact Centres and Business Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-10 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-11 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-12 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-13 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-14 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-15 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-16 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-17 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-18 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-19 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-20 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-21 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-22 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-3 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-4 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-5 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

- **Contract:** 020738-2021-6 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 09/08/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013734-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-08T14:23:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:57:38.959Z
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