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title: "RfI - Customer Contact Billing and Collection Services (CBC) Renewal Programme"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rfi-customer-contact-billing-and-collection-services-cbc-renewal-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-02c1d3"
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# RfI - Customer Contact Billing and Collection Services (CBC) Renewal Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rfi-customer-contact-billing-and-collection-services-cbc-renewal-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-02c1d3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NI Water and its subsidiaries: "RfI - Customer Contact Billing and Collection Services (CBC) Renewal Programme". Published status: active. Published Value: £1. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jul 2021, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: etendersni.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NI Water and its subsidiaries](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ni-water-and-its-subsidiaries-GB-FTS-94)
- **Published Value:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 July 2021 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Computer audit and testing services, Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services, Computer network services, Computer support and consultancy services, Computer upgrade services (+14 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c1d3`

## 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/rfi-customer-contact-billing-and-collection-services-cbc-renewal-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-02c1d3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etendersni.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetendersni.gov.uk%2Fepps%2Fhome.do)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rfi-customer-contact-billing-and-collection-services-cbc-renewal-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-02c1d3#participate

## Description
Before launching a procurement procedure to replace existing services and solutions currently supporting channels, customer contact, billing and debt management, NI Water is conducting a formal Pre-Market Engagement (PME) exercise. At a summary level this is intended to inform the marketplace of NI Water’s current position, needs, target outcomes, and thoughts around procurement approach as well as engage with solution vendors and integrators to inform NI Water in support of developing requirements, Target Operating Model, procurement strategy and business case.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72100000, 72200000, 72210000, 72220000, 72230000, 72240000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £1

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014943-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-30T11:34:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:53:52.494Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c1d3