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title: "RFI - Digital Engagement Platform"
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# RFI - Digital Engagement Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rfi-digital-engagement-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03529d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS: "RFI - Digital Engagement Platform". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £5,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/h-m-revenue-customs-GB-FTS-138249)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03529d`

## 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-digital-engagement-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03529d#tl-md)

## Description
The purpose of this market engagement exercise is to gain an insight from the market to inform our future requirements, for example - Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, and to test our current requirements against what is available in the market. 
HMRC's Digital Engagement Platform (DEP) already supports millions of customers through the provision of customer support by developing and optimising Digital Assistants/Conversational User interface and webchat capability and we'll soon be trialling asynchronous messaging (both technically and operationally). As part of HMRC's 'Digital First' Strategy, we will continue to transform how we engage with our customers and grow this capability - enabling self-service and digital containment to reduce telephony demand.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019445-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-15T14:13:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T01:58:54.845Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03529d