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Contract Award Notice

Provision of Out of Hours Telephone Service

  • First published: 26 February 2025
  • Last modified: 26 February 2025
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-04a474
Published by:
Aster Group Limited
Authority ID:
AA26484
Publication date:
26 February 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

This is a requirement for the provision of an out of hours telephone service for Aster Group Ltd. The function of the Aster Contact Centre and service hubs is to handle customer information regarding property repairs and distribute the work to the appropriate in-house trade operative and/or external contractors, within working hours which is Monday - Friday 08:00 - 17:00. Therefore, outside these working hours, including bank holidays, technical downtime, team meetings and collaborative calls, customers wishing to contact Aster regarding emergencies will be routed to the out of hours provider.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Aster Group Limited

Sarson Court, Horton Avenue, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2AZ

Devizes

SN10 2AZ

UK

Contact person: Isabelle Anderson

E-mail: aster.procurement@aster.co.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.aster.co.uk

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Provision of Out of Hours Telephone Service

Reference number: AG - 0580 - 2020

II.1.2) Main CPV code

79512000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

This is a requirement for the provision of an out of hours telephone service for Aster Group Ltd. The function of the Aster Contact Centre and service hubs is to handle customer information regarding property repairs and distribute the work to the appropriate in-house trade operative and/or external contractors, within working hours which is Monday - Friday 08:00 - 17:00. Therefore, outside these working hours, including bank holidays, technical downtime, team meetings and collaborative calls, customers wishing to contact Aster regarding emergencies will be routed to the out of hours provider.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 792 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79512000

79342300

64214200

32552120

79511000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK


Main site or place of performance:

Please see tender documents

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Please see tender documents

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Quality / Weighting: 60%

Price / Weighting:  40%

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

II.2.14) Additional information

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2024/S 000-031298

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: TBC

Title: Provision of an Out of Hours Telephone Service

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

21/01/2025

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 12

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8

Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 12

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 12

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Somerset Lifeline T/A Deane Helpline

Somerset Council, County Hall

Taunton

TA1 4DY

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:

Total value of the contract/lot: : 745 450.03  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane

London

EC4A 1NL

UK

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

24/01/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79512000 Call centre Telephone-answering services
79342300 Customer services Marketing services
32552120 Emergency telephones Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy
79511000 Telephone operator services Telephone-answering services
64214200 Telephone switchboard services Dedicated-business telephone network services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
aster.procurement@aster.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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