Out of Hours Call Handling Service
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£2.2m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
16 Dec 2025
Description
Abri sought a dedicated provider to deliver an out-of-hours call handling service, ensuring residents receive timely, empathetic, and effective assistance when urgent housing management issues arise outside standard working hours. This includes critical concerns such as emergency repairs, serious incidents, and tenancy-related emergencies. Our goal was to implement an innovative, dependable, and cost-efficient solution that enhances service delivery while maintaining our commitment to high-quality, customer-focused support. The selected provider should offer a robust and responsive system that ensures residents feel supported and always valued.
Scope
- Reference
- P/ABRI 1009/2025
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 12 Jan 2026 to 12 Jan 2029Possible extension to 11 Jan 2036
Optional to extend up to 84 months.
- CPV classifications
- 3255140064214200795100007951100079512000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple description | The Award Criteria can be found in full within the CFP tender pack but include the following areas titles Experience, Mobilisation ,Capacity , customer relationship management and management information systems, performance and customer care management, tailored service delivery, operative training and monitoring, CRM with audit trail and recording, caller recognition and scripting, working within IT environments, and driving innovation and efficiency and Added Value. | price | — |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£2.2m
Award date
10 Dec 2025
Contract start
31 Mar 2026
Contract end
31 Mar 2029