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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

Published Date :

18th Sep 2025 in a 4 days

Published Date :

2nd Jan 2026 20 days ago

Deadline :

2nd Feb 2026 in a 11 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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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

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Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk