Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c4c-61fd-70ee-9bcb-6ea60a76cbd8/out-of-hours-call-handling-services-2020 awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Out of Hours Call Handling Services (2020) [London & Quadrant Housing Trust](https://tendernation.io/buyers/london-quadrant-housing-trust) Estimated value £1,760,000 Published 14 Aug 2020 Deadline Closed 29 Jun 2020 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender L and Q Housing Trust require a service provider to deliver an out of hours customer services contact centre offering for all customer residents who require resolution to an emergency situation. In analysing routes to market L and Q has considered a number of potential frameworks and have chosen to conduct this procurement using the OJEU Open procedure. L and Q expect to conduct this procurement between May 2020 and the close of July 2020 with the intention of awarding a contract during August 2020 with mobilisation commencing immediately and go live of the service at 6 p.m. on Thursday 29 October 2020. L and Q envisage letting a 3-year contract with a single service provider with the possibility of 2 single year extensions. L and Q envisages a steady increase of per annum out of hours contacts with customer residents that a future service provider is expected to manage on L and Q's behalf. The indicative volumes of incoming out of hours calls are as follows: 65307 (2020) 68572 (2021) 72001 (2022) 75601 (2023) 79381 (2024). TUPE is considered by the incumbent supplier to apply to the ongoing provision of these services. Any successful bidder will be expected to contract with L and Q using the form of tender supplied with the procurement documentation (once updated to include the specific details of the successful bid). Please see the procurement documentation for applicable all information. Enquiries may be made through the correspondence facility of L and Q's eSourcing portal (In-Tend). Read full description ## CPV classification Customer services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/0089632f-83fc-40b2-b17a-382d0477e25f) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile London & Quadrant Housing Trust: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/london-quadrant-housing-trust) [Sector More Business services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/business-services) ## More tenders like this [Social Housing Emerging Disrupters 6 · Procurement for Housing · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4909-7303-a67f-9c3bff3eb4d8/social-housing-emerging-disrupters-6) [Business travel services – Rahmenvertrag Bearbeitung von Reisekostenabrechnungen nach BRKG · GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-cd6e-73e4-b6e8-3954e5689021/germany-business-travel-services-rahmenvertrag-bearbeitung-von-reisekostenab) [Photocopying services – Externe printdiensten · VZW Sint-Paulusschool · 36 days left · 24 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-34d8-71be-840d-38bf2a8bcc92/belgium-photocopying-services-externe-printdiensten) [Supply services of personnel including temporary staff – Diák- és nyugdíjas munkaerő biztosítása NTH (376) · NTH Nemzeti Tőkeholding Zrt. · 11 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-76f6-70c4-823e-7b614dada7b3/hungary-supply-services-of-personnel-including-temporary-staff-diak-es-nyug) [Interpretation services – Tolktjänster · Stockholms läns sjukvårdsområde · 31 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4e9a-70dc-8b27-e3d274e53dc5/sweden-interpretation-services-tolktjanster) [Printing and distribution services – SGCD53\_MARCHE\_ELECTIONS\_BRGE · Préfecture de la Mayenne · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-7726-73f4-bb67-b3121363d6bf/france-printing-and-distribution-services-sgcd53-marche-elections-brge)