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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Digital Channels Contact Centre (DC3)

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000 64200000 72000000 79512000
Value£265.3m
Awarded25 Sept 2023
Published6 Jun 2025
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£265.3mtotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£286.5m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The existing DWP contact centre is the largest across all UK government departments and is one of the largest contact centres in Europe.

The current contact centre platform is delivered on behalf of DWP by a managed service provider.

The Contact Centre Modernisation Programme (CCMP) is directly aligned to the DWP Strategy and Departmental plans to transform our services and deliver an effective welfare system for Citizens when they need it, while reducing costs and achieving value for money for taxpayers.

The CCMP strategy involves the establishment of a new Digital Channels Contact Centre (DC3) platform with a replacement managed service provider.

DC3 will provide enhanced capabilities including softphone inbound and outbound calls, Work Force Optimisation (WFO), webchat, Intelligent Voice Routing (IVR), advisor skills-based call routing, call recording and call transcription.

It will be cloud hosted and will integrate with existing platforms that deliver capabilities for Non-Geographic Numbers (0800 etc), Video, Payment Card Industry compliance, and Automated Customer Experience as well as integrations into Business Group CRM and call routing strategies.

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What the notice asks for

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The Contact Centre Modernisation Programme (CCMP) is

The Contact Centre Modernisation Programme (CCMP) is directly aligned to the DWP Strategy and Departmental plans to transform our services and deliver an effective welfare system for Citizens when they need it, while reducing costs and achieving value for money for taxpayers.

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DC3 will provide enhanced capabilities including softphone

DC3 will provide enhanced capabilities including softphone inbound and outbound calls, Work Force Optimisation (WFO), webchat, Intelligent Voice Routing (IVR), advisor skills-based call routing, call recording and call transcription.

03

It will be cloud hosted and

It will be cloud hosted and will integrate with existing platforms that deliver capabilities for Non-Geographic Numbers (0800 etc), Video, Payment Card Industry compliance, and Automated Customer Experience as well as integrations into Business Group CRM and call routing strategies.

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