Housing Ombudsman: Dispute Support - Enhanced Enquiries Service

UK-London: Administrative services for business operations.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Housing Ombudsman
       10 South Colonnade, London, E14 4PU, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2070468622, Email: aodufuwa@housing-ombudsman.org.uk
       Contact: Ayo Odufuwa
       Main Address: www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Dispute Support - Enhanced Enquiries Service            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         75112000 - Administrative services for business operations.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The Housing Ombudsman Service will be leveraging this procurement under the Crown Commercial Service - Outsourced Contact Centre and Business Services under the following Lots: Lot 1 – Contact Centre. The Invitation to Tender will be published only to suppliers that have registered under the agreement of the above Lots only.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 1,300,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Housing Ombudsman is seeking a supplier who has provided an enquiries service to either an Ombudsman or within the regulatory service sector. The successful provider will be expected to cover a call centre and reception function for all incoming contact into the Housing Ombudsman Service. This scope aims to cover a number of Service Lines requirements. The successful providers will be expected to provide a proposal to the Authority covering the following Service Lines: •Telephone contact response including Natural Language Processing (NLP) and signposting to other agencies •Email receipt and management. •Web Form management. •Web chat functions •Postal communications /receipt & document scanning- incoming and outgoing. •Client satisfaction surveys

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 70
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 30
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2023/S 000-032786
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: 1    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 15/04/2024

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 5
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             HGS UK, UK
             Eleventh Floor West, Vantage, Great West Road, Brentford, TW8 9AG, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 1,300,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 1,300,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=837719240

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Housing Ombudsman
          10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4PU, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 13/05/2024