Communications & Telephony Request
Dear Commission on Human Medicines,
Please confirm the manufacturer of your telephony system(s) that are currently in place?
When was the installation date of your telephony equipment?
Who maintains your telephony system(s)?
Please confirm value of the initial project and value of annual support/maintenance services (in £)?
When is your contract renewal date?
Please confirm the manufacturer of your Contact centre system(s) that are currently in place?
When was the installation date of your contact centre infrastructure?
Who maintains your contact centre system(s)?
Please confirm value of the initial project and value of annual support/maintenance services (in £)?
How many contact centre employees/agents do you have?
When is your contract renewal date?
Do you use Unified Communications or Collaboration tools such as Microsoft Skype for Business/ Cisco/Avaya/Mitel? If yes, what tools are you currently using?
How many employees do you have overall within your organisation?
Who currently provides your calls and lines?
What is your current annual spend on calls and lines?
When is your contract renewal date?
Are you using SIP or ISDN?
Do you use a wide area network?
Thank you in advance for your support in this.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Leonard
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Our Ref: FOI 19/588
Dear Daniel Leonard,
RE: REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
Thank you for your enquiry which we received on 28 November 2019.
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FOI 19/588
Dear Daniel Leonard,
Thank you for your email of the 28 November.
Please find below answers to the questions your raise;
Please confirm the manufacturer of your telephony system(s) that are
currently in place? Avaya
When was the installation date of your telephony equipment? July 2019
Who maintains your telephony system(s)? Vodafone infrastructure; Avaya
Contact Centre
Please confirm value of the initial project and value of annual
support/maintenance services (in £)? Initial project value 40,000.00;
Annual Support/Maintenance £90,000.00
When is your contract renewal date? Jan 2020
Please confirm the manufacturer of your Contact centre system(s) that are
currently in place? Avaya Aura
When was the installation date of your contact centre infrastructure? July
2019
Who maintains your contact centre system(s)? Vodafone
Please confirm value of the initial project and value of annual
support/maintenance services (in £)? Initial project value 40,000.00;
Annual Support/Maintenance £90,000.00
How many contact centre employees/agents do you have? Approx 20
When is your contract renewal date? Jan 2020
Do you use Unified Communications or Collaboration tools such as Microsoft
Skype for Business/ Cisco/Avaya/Mitel? If yes, what tools are you
currently using?
Yes - Microsoft Skype for Business; Zoom; Team viewer;
How many employees do you have overall within your organisation? 1310
Who currently provides your calls and lines? Vodafone
What is your current annual spend on calls and lines? £72,220.41
When is your contract renewal date? Jan 2020
Are you using SIP or ISDN? SIP
Do you use a wide area network? Yes
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Customer Services
Communications division
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10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 4PU
Telephone: 020 3080 6000
Email: [1][Commission on Human Medicines request email]
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