Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d20-8099-7271-b706-4d58f75b1f75/customer-engagement-centre-modification-notice

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# Customer Engagement Centre Modification Notice

[Department for Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education)

Incumbent usually keeps it

Estimated value

£58,323,350

Published

6 Jan 2026

Deadline

Closed

19 Dec 2025

## About this tender

Continuation of the contract through utilisation of the provisioned optional contract extension. This is a contract modification notice of the original contract [contractsfinder.service.gov.uk](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e138d78b-adbe-425d-bebf-43c75eaddfe4)

Original contract description: The Department for Education (DfE) acting through the Education and Skills

Funding Agency (ESFA) has awarded a single supplier contract to deliver the

Customer Engagement Centre Service (CEC).

The service shall provide a digital-first, Omni-Channel model designed around User

needs, delivered through a responsive, agile and flexible CEC Supplier. The service

shall provide consolidated customer interactions, develop a common approach to

customer experience and streamline delivery making best use of modern

technologies while capitalising on development within the industry.

The service provider will act as a 'Strategic Partner' to the Department, operating

dynamically for the duration of the Call Off Contract Period, working collaboratively

to deliver on changing operational objectives and strategic priorities.

Additional information:

We are asking for a time extension of 24 months, and to exercise the full contract spend, under Public Sector Regulations 72, which states:

72.(1) Contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure in accordance with this Part in any of the following cases:

(a)where the modifications, irrespective of their monetary value, have been provided for in the initial procurement documents in clear, precise and unequivocal review clauses, which may include price revision clauses or options, provided that such clauses- Extension provisions were built into this contract

(i)state the scope and nature of possible modifications or options as well as the conditions under which they may be used, and

(ii)do not provide for modifications or options that would alter the overall nature of the contract or the framework agreement; THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE OF SCOPE TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AND ALL ORIGINAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

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## CPV classification

Shared-business telephone network services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/ae81683d-22cf-41e5-8e70-5a9c48151281)

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