Provision for a customer relationship management (CRM) system

Tender description

Torfaen County Borough Council (TCBC) requirements are for a customer relationship management (CRM) system. This will be for an initial period of three years with the option to extend up to a further 24 months in total, further information is contained within the procurement documents Lot 1: The TCBC Customer Services team consist of 27 people who handle approximately 200,000 contacts via phone, face to face, email and social media per annum. The team work remotely as well as from offices in Pontypool, Blaenavon and Cwmbran. The current CRM is used to record all requests for service, these are passed to the service departments via the system or as email, depending on the service requirements. At present, there has been no integration undertaken with back office applications. Most information requests are not recorded to save time whilst handing contacts.