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South Norfolk Council: Customer Relation Management Software Package

South Norfolk Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

South Norfolk Council and Broadland District Council are offering this opportunity to participate in a competitive procedure with negotiation for a cloud-based customer experience platform. Both councils’ delivery plans outline a strategic objective to provide services for residents, businesses and communities that are innovative, efficient and easy to use against a backdrop of reduced funding and tougher economical times. An improved customer offer enabled by digital technology can have a direct impact on our ability to reduce operating costs to serve our customers, absorb growing demand within existing resources and enable greater efficiencies from understanding the end-to-end customer journey whilst enabling customers to interact with us in modern and efficient ways that are convenient to them. East Suffolk Council's Procurement Team is providing procurement support but the Contracting Authority is South Norfolk Council.

Awarded to

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Goss Interactive Ltd

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£796.9k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
10 Sept 2025
Award ID
060821-2025-2547-PPT-R-1
Status
active
Identifier
03553908
Location
Plymouth, UKK41, PL6 7TL, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV72212100 — Industry specific software development services

Lots

  • The Councils recognise that customer expectations and demands for seamless, efficient services are increasing, but due to the vast array of services offered by local authorities, this has led to disjointed, siloed customer entry points, reduced ability to extract customer insight, inefficient workflow practices, time delays and multiple hand-offs. These elements combined impact the efficiency and cost of operation, as well as the customer experience and interoperability of our technological architecture. The Councils have set themselves an ambition to improve customer experience and have set out to achieve the following as part of this programme of work: Objectives• To create easy to access services for all • To increase first point of contact resolution and keep the customer informed throughout • To use data and insight to benefit the way we work and our customers • To improve internal workflows and case management The Councils are looking to procure a cloud based customer experience platform which would include a customer portal, forms, case management/workflow, integrations and a content management system. We recognise that our platform may / will be made up of more than one technology provided by more than one supplier. We are open to suppliers collaborating in a consortium but prefer to manage the implementation and ongoing relationship through one lead supplier. The Contracting Authority intends to conduct a Competitive procedure with negotiation in accordance with Reg. 29 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) for the procurement of a customer experience platform.East Suffolk Council's Procurement Team is providing procurement support but the Contracting Authority is South Norfolk Council. Additional information: All communications and tenders must be managed through the In-tend e-sourcing Suite. Any communication outside of the In-tend system, without express permission of the Council (or the East Suffolk Procurement Team acting on its behalf), will be immediately rejected.£1.3m

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
2547-PPT-R
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Review Details
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI No 102) provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Procurement Method
selective
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Label
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Section
IV.2.2

New Value

Date
9 Dec 2024, 16:00

Old Value

Date
2 Dec 2024, 12:00
Entry 2

Where

Label
Economic and financial standing
Section
III.1.2

New Value

Text
Provision of a statement of annual turnover – we reserve the right to exclude any supplier with an annual turnover of below £250k. Additional minimum requirements as in the SQ guidance document published.

Old Value

Text
Provision of a statement of annual turnover – we reserve the right to exclude any supplier with an annual turnover of below £250k.
Entry 3

Where

Label
Technical and professional ability
Section
III.1.3

New Value

Text
Provision of three examples of relevant technical ability and experience within a public sector client or equivalent and additional professional and technical capability questions as detailed in the SQ and accompanying guidance.

Old Value

Text
Provision of three examples of relevant technical ability and experience within a public sector client or equivalent

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Second Stage

Invitation Date
16 Dec 2024, 00:00
Successive Reduction
Yes
No Negotiation Necessary
Yes

Tender Period

Ends
2 Dec 2024, 12:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Nov 2024, 00:00

Classification

Id
72212100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Industry specific software development services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

written

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Minimum
Provision of a statement of annual turnover – we reserve the right to exclude any supplier with an annual turnover of below £250k.

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
The Councils recognise that customer expectations and demands for seamless, efficient services are increasing, but due to the vast array of services offered by local authorities, this has led to disjointed, siloed customer entry points, reduced ability to extract customer insight, inefficient workflow practices, time delays and multiple hand-offs. These elements combined impact the efficiency and cost of operation, as well as the customer experience and interoperability of our technological architecture. The Councils have set themselves an ambition to improve customer experience and have set out to achieve the following as part of this programme of work: Objectives• To create easy to access services for all • To increase first point of contact resolution and keep the customer informed throughout • To use data and insight to benefit the way we work and our customers • To improve internal workflows and case management The Councils are looking to procure a cloud based customer experience platform which would include a customer portal, forms, case management/workflow, integrations and a content management system. We recognise that our platform may / will be made up of more than one technology provided by more than one supplier. We are open to suppliers collaborating in a consortium but prefer to manage the implementation and ongoing relationship through one lead supplier. The Contracting Authority intends to conduct a Competitive procedure with negotiation in accordance with Reg. 29 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) for the procurement of a customer experience platform.East Suffolk Council's Procurement Team is providing procurement support but the Contracting Authority is South Norfolk Council. Additional information: All communications and tenders must be managed through the In-tend e-sourcing Suite. Any communication outside of the In-tend system, without express permission of the Council (or the East Suffolk Procurement Team acting on its behalf), will be immediately rejected.

Value

Amount
1,250,000
Currency
GBP

Renewal

Description
Initial contract period will be five years (60 months). Two optional additional extensions of 1 year each (5+1+1 years)

Second Stage

Maximum Candidates
5
Minimum Candidates
3

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Contract period

Duration In Days
2,520

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Selection criteria

Description
As in the tender documents. Pass/Fail of SQ and Highest score on technical ability and experience.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH15
Entry 2
Region
UKH15
Entry 3
Region
UKH17
Entry 4
Region
UKH17

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72212100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Industry specific software development services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-116430
Name
South Norfolk Council and Broadland District Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH17
Locality
Norwich
Postal Code
NR7 0WF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Horizon Business Centre, Peachman Way

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
South Norfolk Council and Broadland District Council

Contact

Name
Emma Pepper
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-128891
Name
South Norfolk Council

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UKH17
Locality
Norwich
Postal Code
NR7 OWF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Horizon Centre, Broadland Business Park, Peachman Way

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
South Norfolk Council

Contact

Name
Corinne Lawrie
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-4500
Name
Royal Courts of Justice

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Royal Courts of Justice
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-162510
Name
Goss Interactive Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKK41
Locality
Plymouth
Postal Code
PL6 7TL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
24 Darklake View

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
03553908
Legal Name
Goss Interactive Ltd

Award information

Award 1
Id
060821-2025-2547-PPT-R-1
Title
Customer Experience Platform
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-162510
Name
Goss Interactive Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
060821-2025-2547-PPT-R-1
Title
Customer Experience Platform
Status
active
Award ID
060821-2025-2547-PPT-R-1
Date Signed
11 Sept 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
796,855
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Norwich · UKH17 · NR7 OWF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH15
  • Delivery location · UKH17

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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