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Out of Hours Call Handling Services

LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST

Estimated Value

Up to £498,978

Deadline

21 June 2019

Published

20 August 2019

Type

services

SME SuitableGBOpen procedure (above threshold)CPV: 79342300CPV: 79510000
CategoryBusiness & professional

Overview

L&Q is one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the UK, managing over 90,000 homes in London and the south east of England. Although L&Q work with over 100 local authorities, almost 80% of our homes are located in London boroughs.

L&Q have the largest development programme of any Registered Provider operating in the London area. Further information about L&Q Group can be found at www.lqgroup.org.uk L&Q is seeking a Supplier with an excellent track record of providing a high standard of call handling and associated services relevant to the scope of the specification.

The Supplier will delivering the required services to customers in the UK comparative to the size and complexity of L&Q. Managing telephone calls from L&Q's customers (or persons acting on their behalf) outside of L&Q's normal operating hours.

Eligibility & compliance

The Supplier shall provide an 'Out of Hours' (OOH) telephone call handling service (Services) for residents of London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) and other organisations who L&Q take Inbound Calls from on behalf of such as L&Q Energy, L&Q Living and Triathlon Homes who require L&Q offered services such emergency repairs or urgent assistance for situations that have arisen.

Contact & helpdesk

The Services shall include other methods of contact such as webchat (this is not-exhaustive) as proposed by any successful Bidder.

Additional details

In providing the Services the Supplier shall be required to make Outbound Calls also and may also be required to provide an Inbound Calls overflow facility during L&Q's normal operating hours. 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&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 all information. Enquiries may be made through the correspondence facility of L&Q's eSourcing portal In-Tend.

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LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST
Typepublic body
RegionUKI41
Total tenders71
Total spend£237,316,710
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Published

20 August 2019

Submission deadline

21 June 2019

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