RFI for Out of Hours Telephone Answering Service

Concepts

• telephone answering
• hereford
• hours telephone answering service
• hours telephone service
• hours
• answering
• telephone
• social care
• different council areas
• herefordshire council

Location

Description

Herefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any UK based organisations, interested in providing an emergency out of hours telephone answering service within Herefordshire. Herefordshire Council operate an emergency out of hours telephone service for members of the public, covering a number of different council areas, such as environmental health and trading standards, highways, homelessness and adult social care. A procurement exercise is likely to be conducted in October / November 2024, following the necessary financial and governance procedures. The procurement route has not yet been decided.

CPV Codes

• 79510000 - Telephone-answering services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

Herefordshire Council has published this market engagement notice on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the documentation related to this notice you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the market engagement. To register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk