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# Rainbow Customer Contact and Core Banking - LOT 1 - Customer Contact Centre and Operations

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rainbow-customer-contact-and-core-banking-lot-1-customer-contact-centre-and-operations-ocds-h6vhtk-033285). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NS&I: "Rainbow Customer Contact and Core Banking - LOT 1 - Customer Contact Centre and Operations". Published status: complete. Published Value: £756,100,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 31 May 2022, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: app.panacea-software.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NS&I](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ns-i-gov-ea104)
- **Published Value:** £756,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 May 2022 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Banking and investment services, Call centre, Communication software development services, Communications system maintenance services, Contact management software development services (+11 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £275,959,714 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rainbow-customer-contact-and-core-banking-lot-1-customer-contact-centre-and-operations-ocds-h6vhtk-033285#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033285`

## 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/rainbow-customer-contact-and-core-banking-lot-1-customer-contact-centre-and-operations-ocds-h6vhtk-033285#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [app.panacea-software.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.panacea-software.com%2Fnsandi%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rainbow-customer-contact-and-core-banking-lot-1-customer-contact-centre-and-operations-ocds-h6vhtk-033285#participate

## Description
This procurement is for a strategic supplier of managed services to support, deliver and integrate contact centre services, including the provision of Assisted Digital capabilities, supporting customers through digital self-service and customer journeys to perform on their behalf when needed to support vulnerable and digitally excluded customers.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Customer Contact Centre and Operations
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 50334400, 64200000, 72212333, 72212510, 72212511
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £275,800,000
- **Description:** This procurement will consist of two packages. 
The Customer Contact and Operations package will procure a strategic supplier of managed services to support, deliver and integrate contact centre services, including the provision of Assisted Digital c...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Core Banking, Payment, and Reporting
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66100000, 66120000, 66151100, 66172000, 72212411, 72212442
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £480,300,000
- **Description:** Lot 2 (Core Banking, Payments and Reporting) will deliver and integrate core-banking services and systems of record, including: customer accounts and account lifecycle management; pooled accounts; payment verification and transaction processing; inte...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 035979-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Sopra Steria**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-42163`
  - Value: £275,959,714 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 035979-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £275,959,714
  - Signed Date: 03/11/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035979-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-06T15:33:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T07:44:39.016Z
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