CWC22183 - Omnichannel

Concepts

• scope of the omnichannel project
• wolverhampton
• communication and multimedia
• wolverhampton city council
• cwc22183 - omnichannel
• omnichannel solution
• separate departments
• software package
• customer services
• west midlands pension fund

Location

Wolverhampton:

Description

Wolverhampton City Council are looking to procure an Omnichannel solution which must include Telephone, Email, Text, Chatbot, Webchat and Social media methods of contact. Currently, within the scope of the Omnichannel project, there are four separate departments within Wolverhampton City Council who offer a form of contact centre function. The departments are Wolverhampton Homes, West Midlands Pension Fund, Wolverhampton City Council’s Revenues & Benefits and Customer Services. All of these departments handle external customer enquiries via channels including voice, email and chat.

Total Quantity or Scope

Currently, within the scope of the Omnichannel project, there are four separate departments within Wolverhampton City Council who offer a form of contact centre function. The departments are Wolverhampton Homes, West Midlands Pension Fund, Wolverhampton City Council’s Revenues & Benefits and Customer Services. All of these departments handle external customer enquiries via channels including voice, email and chat. This project implementation is a key workstream for the Customer Experience Strategy which aims to streamline the customer experience, providing simple, inclusive and accessible customer centred services, which deliver value for money. Also, within the scope of this project, CWC require an Artificial Intelligence solution that will help provide citizens of Wolverhampton 24/7 access to their Council queries without human interaction - Chatbot. The solution must also include Webchat functionality - the online exchange of messages in real time between a customer and an agent. Chatbot and Webchat must integrate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 solution. The result of this project is to see a positive channel shift to Digital Services with power of data and digital to enable the Council to more appropriately direct resources to support those customers with more specific needs.

Renewal Options

The initial term will be for 3 years, with the option to extend for 4 years in the following periods 2+1+1 years.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 48500000 - Communication and multimedia software package

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

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