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# Telephony

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/telephony-ocds-h6vhtk-044862). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ofcom: "Telephony". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ofcom](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ofcom-gov-ot385)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Call centre, IP telephone services, Telephone switchboards
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044862`

## 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/telephony-ocds-h6vhtk-044862#tl-md)

## Description
Ofcom is running a market engagement exercise to discuss the Contact Centre Solutions. 
Ofcom is looking to engage with experienced Contact Centre Providers to help feed into the planning of procurement and contract for our future telephony services. 
Ofcom will procure a telephony solution that is resilient, secure, has call recording, call recording storage, retrieval, call routing, transcription capability, supervisor functionality including real time and historical reporting, real time wallboards and dashboards.
Through this market engagement Ofcom is seeking to understand. 
•	The different solutions available.
•	Developments in the marketplace since we last went out to tender.
•	How best to use AI technology in the delivery of our service.
•	Best practice in service management in this sector.
•	The impact of separating SIP trunking and contact centre elements of the contract.
•	Implementation and transition, integration timelines. 
•	An understanding of cost models and implementation costs.
For further information please contact us as per the instructions in this document.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 32543000, 64215000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Contact Centre Solution

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008121-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-14T10:16:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:30:28.460Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044862