Contract 1 Access to Information Request – Contact Center/Call Center Contracts (FOI 22/513)

FAITH 22/513

Expensive

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Please find below the answers to the questions you asked in blue below;

Contract 1 – Contact center/call center contracts – N/A – The Agency does not have an outsourced contact center/call center.

Please send me the following information for each supplier:

1. Incumbent supplier: For each of the contracts, please provide me with the name of the supplier of the contract.

2. Average annual spend: the average annual spend (over 3 years) for each provider

3. Contract Expiration: The date on which the contract expires.

4. Contract Review: The date the contract will be reviewed.

5. Contract Description: A brief description of the services provided under the overall contract.

6. Contact Information: The person within the organization responsible for the contract. Please provide me with their full name, current job title, phone number and direct email address.

7. Number of agents; please provide me with the total number of contact center agents.

8. Number of pitches; can you provide me with the number of sites covered by the contact center please.

9. Contact Center Manufacturer: Who is the manufacturer of the contact center system you are running?

10. Busy periods: Please indicate the month(s) when the contact center is busiest/busiest during the year. This can be based on the number of calls. Your supplier may be able to tell you more quickly. For example, JAN-MAR, APR, JUNE.

11. Are you using Microsoft Exchange 2003 as your mail server? If not, what product do you use?

12. Number of mail users: Approximate number of mail users in organizations.

Please add any other comments attached to this contract if there are any upcoming changes in the organization regarding contact centers.

The second part of my request relates to the use of inbound network services contracts which could relate to any of the following:

1. Number 0800, 0845, 0870, 0844, 0300 –

2. Call routing

3. Caller ID

4. Caller profile – linking caller details to caller records

5. Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

For the contract relating to the above, can you provide me?

  1. Incumbent supplier: For each of the contracts, please provide me with the supplier of the contract.

Vodafone

BT

  1. Average annual spend: the average annual spend (over 3 years) for each provider

Vodafone ~£60,000

BT ~£20,000

  1. Contract expiry: the date on which the contract expires.

Vodafone – January 2023

BT- in progress

  1. Contract Review: The date the contract will be reviewed.

Vodafone – Annual review (October 22)

BT – exam in progress

  1. Contract Description: A brief description of the services provided under the overall contract.

Vodafone – VOIP over SIP, PBX bridge with lines and minutes

BT – Lines & Minutes

  1. Contact Information: The person within the organization responsible for the contract. Please provide me with their full name, current job title, phone number and direct email address.

All contracts are managed by the Agency’s IT Commercial Management team, which can be contacted via Itcommercialmanagement@mhra.gov.uk

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