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Out of Hours Telephone Answering Service

Buyer: Broadland Housing Association Limited →

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BuyerBroadland Housing Association Limited
StatusAwarded
Deadline5 May 2026
Value£180,000
Published9 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Broadland’s and Orwell’s spend during 2024/25 on the out of hours telephone service was approx. £45,000 inc VAT, however, Broadland and Orwell do not guarantee any volume of work under this contract. Broadland and Orwell reserve the right to engage additional suppliers in this area of work, should this be necessary, in order to achieve our aims and objectives. Broadland and Orwell wish to appoint the same out of hours supplier for this contract. Broadland and Orwell would have each have their own individual contract with the successful supplier. Out of Hours Telephone Answering Service. Telephone answering service is also required at times when Broadland and/or Orwell have team meetings, team building events or other meetings as needed.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

26-002 - Out of Hours Telephone Answering Service

Statusactive
Value£180,000
Contract periodFrom 30 Sept 2026 to 29 Sept 2028

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

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Latest release ID054265-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 09 2026 11:49:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030195-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Jun 2026award, contract054265-2026
1 Apr 2026tender030195-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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