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Conversational AI Platform

Descriptions

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy within the UK. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age and disability benefits to around 20 million UK citizens. DWP is committed to doing everything it can to enhance the overall citizen experience.

Citizens contact DWP wishing to start, validate, change or query their benefit claims. Calls using free phone Non-Geographic Numbers (NGNs) are answered by advisors within the DWP contact centre, which is the largest platform of its kind across all UK Government Departments and is one of the largest in Europe. The contact centre managed service ensures that all twenty-seven of DWP’s Business Groups can connect with and support citizens, while also offering specialist services such as debt recovery and support for citizens with complex needs.

Conversational AI Platform is a Natural Language Call Steering (NLCS) solution which allows citizens to speak naturally to determine why our citizens are calling, which then enables the guiding of the call to the right agent which in turn offers the ability to provide personalised call deflection and/or self-service offerings. The net result creates several operational efficiencies. This solution will be integrated into the DWP contact centre platform to better serve millions of citizens by improving how DWP handle inbound calls, route queries intelligently, and offer self-service options.

Timeline

Published Date :

18th Sep 2025 4 months ago

Deadline :

2nd Feb 2026 in a 4 days

Contract Start :

5th Jul 2026

Contract End :

5th Jul 2030

Keywords

CRM calls

IT consulting

web services

network support

cloud services

IT outsourcing

inbound/outbound calls

software development

cybersecurity support

IVR call routing system

multi-channel support

voice menu software

application maintenance

helpdesk call centre

merged telecom services

DTMF response system

speech-prompting engine

caller input interpreter

help desk services

digital transformation

call handling services

call queue management

technical support

telemarketing operations

outbound call workflow

voice script designer

system integration

software customization

call centre services

packaged telecom systems

call reporting module

integrated carrier offering

IT infrastructure management

customer contact management

hybrid connectivity solution

bundled voice-data network

all-in-one telecom solution

converged network service

self-service phone system

end-to-end communication service

unified communications provision

multi-service network integration

contact centre operations

telephony automation tool

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Open

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Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

No

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Details

Notice Type :

PIN

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk