Published date: 31 July 2024

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 16 August 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Telephone-answering services - 79510000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

HEREFCC-DN735779-02184217

Published date

31 July 2024

Closing date

16 August 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Herefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any UK based organisations, interested in providing an emergency out of hours telephone answering service within Herefordshire.
Herefordshire Council operate an emergency out of hours telephone service for members of the public, covering a number of different council areas, such as environmental health and trading standards, highways, homelessness and adult social care.
A procurement exercise is likely to be conducted in October / November 2024, following the necessary financial and governance procedures. The procurement route has not yet been decided.

More information

Additional text

Herefordshire Council has published this market engagement notice on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the documentation related to this notice you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the market engagement.

To register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Aksana Hironak

Address

Council Offices
Plough Lane
Hereford
HR4 0LE
United Kingdom

Email

aksana.hironak@herefordshire.gov.uk

Website

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk