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title: "Out of Hours Emergency Call Service"
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# Out of Hours Emergency Call Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/out-of-hours-emergency-call-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fc31). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea: "Out of Hours Emergency Call Service". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £657,470. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-borough-of-kensington-and-chelsea-ons-e09000020)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £657,470 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Call centre, Customer services, Office-support services, Telephone and data transmission services, Telephone-answering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02fc31`

## 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/out-of-hours-emergency-call-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fc31#tl-md)

## Description
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) is seeking to recommission the provision of the Council’s out of hours call handling and data collection service.
The Council is ideally seeking to engage with organisations with relevant skills and experience to discuss what this service may look like. A market engagement activity will be organised after the PIN notice period has expired. The session will provide an opportunity to explore what interest there is in bidding for this project, review key aspects of the service and refine our approach and the tender specification.
The aim of the market engagement exercise is to:
- Support RBKC’s informed decision making on the potential options on the future commissioning of this service.
- Help refine the commissioning and procurement approach.
- Gauge the level of interest from the market of capable providers with capacity to deliver the services illustrated above. provide
Once registered, we will issue a questionnaire which asks providers to submit the contact details of their organisation. Your questionnaire response should also include previous experience of delivering this or a similar level of service and the risks and opportunities within this sector. Please be aware that a draft specification will be available to review alongside the questionnaire for all those who express an interest via the e-tendering portal.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 64210000, 79342300, 79500000, 79510000, 79512000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) is seeking to recommission the provision of the Council’s out of hours call handling and data collection service. The Council has a statutory obligation to provide out of hours provision for the foll...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029883-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-01T22:45:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:53:04.128Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02fc31