RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · contract

Blackburn with Darwen

Digital Customer Portal

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£20.0m
Deadline18 Nov 2019
Published25 Oct 2019
RegionNorth West
Timeline
Published 25 Oct 2019ClosedCloses 18 Nov 2019
Contract value in context
£20.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£21.6m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Digital Customer Platform/CRM will be required to replace our current Customer Contact Portal and become the preferred route for customers contacting and interacting with the Council.

The first phase of the project will be to replace and improve 91 integrated and non-integrated forms, replace and improve 23 workflow processes for our Customer Services and Environment Departments.

Further phases include replacing and improving 31 forms, PDF's and emails that currently sit outside the existing Customer Contact Portal these will require online forms and automated processes.

Replacing or integration to back office systems is key to the customer on-line experience so that when our customers report problems, request services, pay for services, book services and check progress against services they are using one system and account login.

The customer journey and experience is required to be seamless, effective and efficient.

The replacement system is required to be easy to use to enable our Business Departments to make local form and process changes so that as a Digital Authority we can grow and add more on-line services efficiently and effectively.

Although other authorities have been named in this procurement no discussions have been held with them regarding this procurement.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Digital Customer Platform/CRM will be required

The Digital Customer Platform/CRM will be required to replace our current Customer Contact Portal and become the preferred route for customers contacting and interacting with the Council.

02

The first phase of the project

The first phase of the project will be to replace and improve 91 integrated and non-integrated forms, replace and improve 23 workflow processes for our Customer Services and Environment Departments.

03

Replacing or integration to back office systems

Replacing or integration to back office systems is key to the customer on-line experience so that when our customers report problems, request services, pay for services, book services and check progress against services they are using one system and account login.

04

The customer journey and experience is required

The customer journey and experience is required to be seamless, effective and efficient.

05

The replacement system is required to

The replacement system is required to be easy to use to enable our Business Departments to make local form and process changes so that as a Digital Authority we can grow and add more on-line services efficiently and effectively.

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