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THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Tender for an outsourced switchboard service for the Electoral Commission

Installation ServicesCPV 51000000
Value£14k
Awarded27 Jan 2016
Published14 Jan 2016
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£14ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits below the typical range for Installation Services contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 1,425 valued Installation Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Electoral Commission is seeking a supplier to provide an outsourced switchboard service answering calls to the organisation's main number and transferring these to the correct member of Commission staff.

The supplier will provide a service for up to 150 of the Commission's staff who are based in offices in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast.

The service will be provided as a minimum between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm Monday to Friday excluding public holidays.

We receive on average about 900 calls per month via the current switchboard service but this varies depending on time of year and can reach a maximum of about 2,000 calls in a busy month.

We wish to have a service in place in good time prior to the elections taking place in May 2016 so the successful supplier will need to demonstrate that they can implement a reliable service within a short timeframe.

The Commission's evaluation of the responses will focus on a number of areas, particularly value for money.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The supplier will provide a service

The supplier will provide a service for up to 150 of the Commission's staff who are based in offices in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast.

02

We wish to have a service in

We wish to have a service in place in good time prior to the elections taking place in May 2016 so the successful supplier will need to demonstrate that they can implement a reliable service within a short timeframe.

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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