Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services

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    "description": "The Authority is seeking tenders from tenderers for the provision of Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services. The Authority, is seeking to appoint a single Service Provider able to deliver the Contract to provide resilience as required during (but not limited to) any of the following events: Natural disaster; Terrorist event; Pandemic outbreak; Industrial action; Another unforeseen similar event, and Exceptionally high levels of staffing absence. The procurement procedure being applied to the Tender is an \u0027Accelerated Open Procedure\u0027 under Regulation 27 (5) Public Contracts Regulations 2015 due to the urgency and nature of the Service requirements. This means that any interested party meeting the Authority\u0027s minimum qualification requirements may submit a tender for the Contract.\r\n\r\nAdditional information: A new project has been publised to the  website. Project: Contingency Emergency Call Handling and Related Services , Project Reference: 1472. Click this link to go to the web site \r\n\r\nTo connect with our national Bluelight portal we recommend you login or register  at  https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home and then connect to  from the list of portals.\r\n\r\nIs a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No",
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