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Conversational AI Platform

Descriptions

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ("the Authority") 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. The Authority is committed to doing everything it can to enhance the overall citizen experience. Citizens contact the Authority wishing to start, validate, change or query their benefit claims.

 

Citizens calling from within the UK contact the Authority via free of charge Non-Geographic Numbers ("NGNs") or via web chat when wishing to discuss their individual circumstances with regards to a type of service/benefit they have with the Authority.

 

NGNs are currently answered by advisors within the Authority's 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 business groups, spread across around 200 locations, can connect with and support citizens, whilst also offering specialist services such as debt recovery and support for citizens with complex needs.

 

Conversational AI Platform ("CaiP") is a natural language call steering ("NLCS") solution which allows citizens to speak naturally to the platform so it can determine why our citizens are calling. This enables the guiding of the citizen to the most effective outcome, whether that is to the right agent first time or to personalised call deflection and/or self-service offerings. This should enhance the citizen experience and produce operational efficiencies. The CaiP service will integrate with the Authority's contact centre to help better serve millions of citizens by improving how DWP handles inbound calls, route queries intelligently, and offer self-service options.

Timeline

Pblished Date :

18th Sep 2025 in a 3 days

Published Date :

2nd Jan 2026 Today

Deadline :

2nd Feb 2026 in a 1 month

Contract Start :

5th Jul 2026

Contract End :

5th Jul 2030

Keywords

IVR call routing system

voice menu software

telephony automation tool

speech-prompting engine

caller input interpreter

DTMF response system

self-service phone system

voice script designer

outbound call workflow

call reporting module

all-in-one telecom solution

bundled voice-data network

unified communications provision

converged network service

integrated carrier offering

packaged telecom systems

hybrid connectivity solution

merged telecom services

end-to-end communication service

multi-service network integration

IT consulting

software development

web services

network support

system integration

IT infrastructure management

digital transformation

cloud services

cybersecurity support

application maintenance

helpdesk services

technical support

software customization

IT outsourcing

call centre services

contact centre operations

inbound/outbound calls

customer contact management

call handling services

multi-channel support

telemarketing operations

helpdesk call centre

call queue management

CRM calls

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Open

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Yes

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Details

Notice Type :

Tender

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 :

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Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

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