Published date: 14 August 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 29 June 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Customer services - 79342300

  • Telephone-answering services - 79510000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£1,760,000

Procurement reference

CUS00208

Published date

14 August 2020

Closing date

29 June 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

13 August 2020

Contract end date

12 August 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

L and Q Housing Trust require a service provider to deliver an out of hours customer services contact centre offering for all customer residents who require resolution to an emergency situation. In analysing routes to market L and Q has considered a number of potential frameworks and have chosen to conduct this procurement using the OJEU Open procedure. L and Q expect to conduct this procurement between May 2020 and the close of July 2020 with the intention of awarding a contract during August 2020 with mobilisation commencing immediately and go live of the service at 6 p.m. on Thursday 29 October 2020. L and Q envisage letting a 3-year contract with a single service provider with the possibility of 2 single year extensions. L and Q envisages a steady increase of per annum out of hours contacts with customer residents that a future service provider is expected to manage on L and Q's behalf. The indicative volumes of incoming out of hours calls are as follows: 65307 (2020) 68572 (2021) 72001 (2022) 75601 (2023) 79381 (2024). TUPE is considered by the incumbent supplier to apply to the ongoing provision of these services. Any successful bidder will be expected to contract with L and Q using the form of tender supplied with the procurement documentation (once updated to include the specific details of the successful bid). Please see the procurement documentation for applicable all information. Enquiries may be made through the correspondence facility of L and Q's eSourcing portal (In-Tend).


Award information

Awarded date

28 July 2020

Contract start date

13 August 2020

Contract end date

12 August 2025

Total value of contract

£1,760,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Allied Health-Services Limited t/a First Call Business Communica

Address

Cavendish House,
Lakhpur Court,
Staffordshire Technology Park,
Stafford, England,
ST18 0FX

Reference

Companies House number: 11696513

Value of contract

£1,760,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Danny Carragher

Address

29-35 West Ham Lane
LONDON
E154PH
England

Telephone

0300 456 9998

Email

dcarragher@lqgroup.org.uk