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Unified Communications and Contact Centre Solution

Buyer: Trafford Council →

BuyerTrafford Council
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published24 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Trafford Council are looking to identify and engage a strategic partner to deliver a secure, robust, and future-ready Unified Communications (UC) and Contact Centre solution. The solution must support Trafford Councils ambition to enhance resident engagement, streamline internal communications, and integrate seamlessly with their corporate digital platforms. Further details can be found within the attached market engagement brief on The Chest / Proactis - Project information - DN791882

Delivery location

UKD3, GB

Categories

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 9 Jan 2026 to 8 Jan 2031

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (72000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 729,7572 median · 13.7 average (3,834 of 9,757 with a bid count)1.9 average (4,632 of 9,757 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD3681 median · 11.3 average (34 of 68 with a bid count)2.2 average (37 of 68 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

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

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Further details can be obtained by accessing the project information contained on The Chest / Proactis as per Project information - DN791882engagement17 Oct 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a165
Latest release ID059394-2025
Latest release timestampWed Sep 24 2025 14:54:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
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 source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Sept 2025planning059394-2025

All source data

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

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