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Contact Management Centre

Contact management software package
Contract administration services
Contract systems analysis and programming services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Guinness Partnership Ltd: "Contact Management Centre". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Guinness Partnership LtdScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The Guinness Partnership Ltd
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Published history for The Guinness Partnership Ltd. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.9Bids / Report
8.6% 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: 36 active published awards; 35 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityThe Guinness Partnership Ltd
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
Published8 Mar 2023, 11:15 GMT
Last source update8 Mar 2023, 11:15 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationContact management software package, Contract administration services, Contract systems analysis and programming services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-033529
What is being bought
As part of the IT Cloud based Strategy TGP are exploring a new framework to replace the current Anywhere 365 Contact Centre (A365) set up to a cloud-based Contact Centre as a Service solution (CCaaS) offering a unified communication service and technology stack, considering all the products and services that help operate the contact centre currently from the telephony, infrastructure, and software. This procurement seeks to engage with providers with exemplary experience within the Contact Management Centre arena that includes assisting organisations through Contact Centre as a Service solution (CCaaS) within the Social Housing sector, or equivalent organisation (of a comparable size, scale, and complexity in terms of geographical footprint, services, regulation and customer demographics).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    8 Mar 2023, 11:15 GMT
  2. Buyer information updated
    8 Mar 2023, 11:15 GMT
  3. tender value changed
    21 Sept 2022, 13:28 BST
  4. Status changed to complete
    21 Sept 2022, 13:28 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    21 Sept 2022, 13:28 BST
  6. Submission deadline changed to published date
    21 Sept 2022, 13:28 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    21 Sept 2022, 13:28 BST
  8. Published value updated to £8,000,000
    6 May 2022, 17:37 BST
  9. Status changed to active
    6 May 2022, 17:37 BST
  10. Official notice release published
    6 May 2022, 17:37 BST
  11. Submission deadline changed to 6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
    6 May 2022, 17:37 BST
  12. Buyer information updated
    6 May 2022, 17:37 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Phase 1 • For approx. 400 contact centre colleagues • New unified cloud-based solution can establish interconnectivity eliminating siloed use of applications, • digitalising workflows, workforce optimisation and improving both the customer/agent experience, • creating a more customer centric and empathetic journey using advances in areas such as software, AI, Interactive Voice Responses, Virtual Agent Assistants and Chat Bots which play a profound role understanding and assessing a customers needs • Improving Self Service options, optimising the verification processes • innovative ways to handle ‘call overflow’ through careful management and consideration is • Better call quality Management • Optimising inbound / outbound calls with intelligent call routing and a blended workforce • New and improved ways of gathering data for intelligent real-time reporting • Integrations into All Pay depending on decision around renewal in Feb 2023 • Dynamics 365 Online is key to enable all customer contact to be recorded, tracked and managed within CRM ideally providing a 365 degree view of all omni channels • Dynamic 365 expertise to be provided as part of the project • Seamless connected channels of communication • A singular Managed Service where continuous improvement is shared between both parties Phase 2 • Decommission Skype For Business and transition to a full MS Teams model for the remaining 2000 staff across the organisation. This could be done before the implementation of the contact centre this doesn’t include upgrading video conferencing capabilities as these will be looked at as part of a separate project • Decommission of all current technology stack: Verint, Wallboards, Daisy, Live Person and A365 • Phase 2 doesn’t include integration with Zoho or any other CRM legacy systems
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    8 Mar 2023, 11:15 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 19 Jan 2023, 00:00 GMT · £2,373,432
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
8x8 UK Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£2,373,432 · signed 19 Jan 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 5 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 5 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Guinness Partnership Ltd

Contracting authority GB-FTS-9220
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  • The Guinness Partnership Ltd
    buyer

    30 Brock Street, Regents Place, London, UK, NW1 3FG
    +44 2038190076
  • 8x8 UK Limited
    supplier

    Unit 1-2, 8x8 Bell Business Park Smeaton Close, AYLESBURY, UK, HP19 8JR
  • Public Procurement Review Service, Cabinet Office London
    reviewBody

    London
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