Salesforce Integrated Telephony

Contract summary

Industry

• Telephone network equipment - 32429000

• Networking software package - 48210000

• Telecommunications services - 64200000

Location of contract

Any region, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£600,000 to £2,100,000

Procurement reference

tender_231480/832629

Published date

27 February 2020

Closing date

30 March 2020

Contract start date

1 August 2020

Contract end date

31 December 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

National Citizen Service (NCS) is the country's fastest-growing youth movement, a rite of passage for all teenagers aged 15-17 to discover who they are and what they can do. Nearly 500,000 young people have already taken part. Find out more at www.ncsyes.co.uk

NCS currently has the following opportunity for the provision of Integrated Telephony Solution for NCS Network


NCS have been using Salesforce for the last 5 years and have had integrated telephony platform for 3 years. The Trust has built up our contact centre experience as an organisation and need to scale the implementation to be able to work with a wider range of organisations and increased support for remote agents and complexity of routing.

NCS want to procure a solution that will co-terminate with our Salesforce contract in approximately 2 years 5 months with a commencement date of 1st August 2020. The expected value of the contract is anticipated to be valued at £400,000 - £600,000 per annum.

The required outputs of this service should be inclusive of but not limited to;

Capability to be able to make phone calls and automatically log these in Salesforce.
Able to record calls securely in order to review at a later date
Fully integrated PCI payment system that deals with stopping and resuming the call recording.
Automatic dialing of lists stored within Salesforce.
Capability to be able to dial from static lists/reports in Salesforce.
Capability to be able to route to advisors based on criteria within Salesforce.
Capability to be able to have context specific IVR messages based on data within Salesforce.
The functionality for customers to be able to leave voice messages and to be securely stored
Reporting suite that makes use of internal Salesforce & Einstein reporting.
Monitor usage, agent utilisation and workforce and provide reporting.
Compatibility with workforce management systems.
The ability to be able to pop the right screen within Salesforce when a call comes in.
Ability to be able to create transcripts of calls for analysis.
Ability to be able to define & automate customer contact strategy.
Gamification & wallboards.
The ability to be able to identify and present a local phone number in different regions.
The solution should easily integrate within the Salesforce UI. The solution should be usable to advisors that are both experienced and inexperienced.
The solution should be able to be scalable and flex and shrink with demand. Upto 1,500 users at peak and down to 500 at low periods.
The solution should be highly maintainable.
High uptime for contact centres that are mission critical and require high availability.

If you are interested in bidding for this opportunity, please register on the NCS Supplier Portal at https://ncs.bravosolution.co.uk

Once you are registered then click on 'ITT's open to all Suppliers' and select 'ITT_116' then click the 'express an interest' button to gain access to the relevant documents.
The closing date is 30/03/2020 at 14:00.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Integrated Telephony Solution for NCS Network

• Early engagement
• Published 1 August 2019

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About the buyer

Address

Pembroke Building, Avonmore Road,
London
W14 8DG
England

Email

procurement@ncstrust.org.uk