BUSINESS SYSTEMS (U.K.) LIMITED

AI Enabled Nice CXone Mpower Omnichannel Cloud Contact Centre

AI enabled Nice CXone Mpower Cloud Contact Centre Solution unifies best-in-class Omnichannel Routing, Analytics, Workforce Management, Automation and Artificial Intelligence built on an open Cloud foundation to protect previous investments. Products are tailored to offer flexible solutions for inbound, outbound, and blended contact centre environments.

Features

• Cloud based omnichannel contact centre (CCaaS)
• 30+ Digital Channels Facebook, WhatsApp, email, live chat, Webchat
• Natural Language IVR, Conversational IVR capability
• Co-pilot, RTIG (automated Knowledge surfacing, next best action)
• Auto summarisation of calls written in CRM
• WFM, Speech & Text Analytics, Quality Management, Coaching, Gamification
• Customer facing FAQ Knowledgebase, Agent based Knowledgebase
• Digital Automation through BOT’s & Virtual Agents
• Customer Feedback (Surveys VOC) - web-based interface, flexible dashboards
• Automated Quality Management scoring with Analytics

Benefits

• Auto-Scaling contact centre solution provides ability to accommodate demand fluctuations
• Features are granular to allow transformation at your pace
• PCI payment compliant platform
• Reduce AHT, Wrap time, improve CSAT, PCI Compliant
• Consistent customer Omnichannel journey
• Improve contact centre agents performance with inbuilt coaching and training
• Provide knowledge to agents and customers based on the conversation
• Provide digital enablement for customers with automation using virtual agents
• Integrate with Teams to allow interactions with back office functions
• Integrate with existing CRM’s, and billing systems through open API’s

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

883459275312813

Contact

Dan Jagtiani
07549990806
tender.alerts@bslgroup.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Applications

  Customer relationship management

  • Contact centre
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: The CXone Contact Centre Solution by Business Systems is a standalone solution. Providing out of the box integrations and open APIs, the solution can be integrated with other telephony systems and business applications that companies use on a daily basis e.g Salesforce.
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: CXone Mpower Contact Centre Solution by Business Systems is a pure cloud solution and does not require any specific hardware.
• System requirements:
  • Intel i5 processor or higher at 3 GHz or better
  • 8 GB of available memory
  • Windows 10 or 11 supported. Other OS’s for certain features
  • Chrome\ Edge default standard supported browser
  • Other SW (e.g.NET Framework may be required for features/modules)

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: The BSL Group Service Desk is the central point of contact for any support issues related to the production environment, including any security related matters. This team will manage, update, and rectify issues in accordance with the Service Level Agreement. ; ; Our self-service portal is the main way to log and manage any Incidents or Service Requests. The portal allows the Service Desk and client to add updates and attachments throughout the lifecycle of an open ticket.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: 1 Critical - System inoperable - No work can be performed, or processing capacity is so limited that the probability of a serious outage and business or revenue impact. Response Time: 20 minutes. 30 minutes OOH. Resolution Time: 4 hours. Target per month: 95%.; 2 High - System Function is inoperable / Data being corrupted – Customer contact centre function is severely limited, and the defect has significant adverse impact on the business. Response Time: 20 minutes. 30 minutes OOH. Resolution Time: 8 hours. Target per month: 95%.; 3 Moderate - Function Not Working as Specified - This includes issues with the Customer contact centre system which do not stop users from performing daily business or for which there is a reasonable workaround. Response Time: 1 hour. Resolution Time: 3 days. Target per month: N/A.; 4 Low – General Question or Request. Response Time: 8 hours. Resolution Time: 5 days. Target per month: N/A.; Price upon request.; A support engineer will be assigned and engage with the client to resolve within the SLA assigned to the issue raised.
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Documentation (online or PDF) depending on features. Onsite / remote training options. Training is typically 'Train the Trainer' based, to enable additional training to be conducted internally.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: If required, data can be provided to the customer and can be deleted from the platform. This will be based on each individual customer's needs.
• End-of-contract process: Where required, data extraction is charged on a time and materials basis and managed by Business Systems (see pricing document). Buyers may request the inclusion of fixed offboarding costs on their Call Off Contracts but will need to specify maximum extraction volumes, media and metadata formats and delivery methods, as audio media typically requires large electronic files.
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: Provided during the implementation process. The aligned Project Manager will arrange for the documentation to be shared as required with the Client.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Chrome
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Other
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: CXone Contact Centre Solution by Business Systems ensures a consistent experience across devices with a similar look and feel, as well as navigation and functionalities. Available via a 3rd party and Native client in roadmap.
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: The service interface is based on the configuration and administration of the system. This can be accessed by customers via the browser interface or using the Studio installed application, depending on the nature of the task. Back end services are maintained by Business Systems / NICE and the customer will not have access to these.
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: The web interfaces are designed to be accessible from multiple browsers and devices.
• Accessibility testing: Not Applicable.
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Business Systems and its partner NICE provide an open API platform for businesses to integrate with other telephony systems as well as with business applications and systems of their choice.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • PDF
  • Other
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: With CXone Contact Centre Solution by Business Systems users can fully customise their solution to meet their business processes as well as other needs and goals.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: The CXone Mpower Contact Centre Solution by Business Systems has been designed with high availability and geo-redundancy in mind. As a cloud solution, CXone Mpower is highly scalable and resilient.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: CXone Mpower Contact Centre Solution by Business Systems provides a full range of metrics that can be used in standard and customer reports or on wallboards. Data can be exported for use in other reporting tool.
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: Yes
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: NICE CXone

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Security Clearance (SC)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: No
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v4.0
  • Physical access control, complying with another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
• Data sanitisation type: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Business Systems Contact Centre users are able to export their data from the online portal easily.
• Data export formats: CSV
• Data import formats: CSV

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: The Contact Centre platform provides 99.99% uptime. ; All data is stored and processed in highly secure datacentres.
• Approach to resilience: The Contact Centre platform's architecture has multiple levels of redundancy built into it. Typically we run in active / active mode to ensure service failover is as seamless as possible without causing disruption.
• Outage reporting: Email Alerts are sent to the authorised contacts for each customer. ; There are 3 levels of priority support cases: ; ; - Priority One - Critical or Major impact on business processes and no workaround. Maintainer will provide a response as soon as possible, and a qualified member of its staff will begin to diagnose and correct a Priority 1 case as soon as reasonably possible but in any event, work will commence on the resolution within agreed SLA response times. ; ; - Priority two - Any other problem which is not classified as a priority 1. Maintainer will provide a response as soon as possible, and a qualified member of its staff will begin to diagnose and correct a Priority 2 case as soon as reasonably possible but in any event, work will commence on the resolution within SLA. ; ; - Priority three - Request for information or non-service affecting issue. Maintainer will provide a response as soon as possible.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: 2-factor authentication; Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps); Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Business Systems has complex password requirements in order to restrict access to its services. If incorrect details are entered, the user's account will be blocked.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Description of management access authentication: 2-factor authentication

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: You control when users can access audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: You control when users can access audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: We have board led Information Management Security System that is both internally and externally audited and is certified against ISO 27001.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: All configuration and change management processes are fully covered by ISO27001 certification and ISMS. All change is approved via a Change Advisory Board where all change requests are assessed via a number of security impact criteria. All changes are pre-configured and tested, with automated deployment to ensure consistency of production releases with pre-production testing.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: A Continuous Systems Improvements team meets monthly to evaluate and mitigate risks and vulnerabilities. There is in addition, subscription to vendor and independent vulnerability forums and newsfeeds. Critical patches are often performed as zero-day fixes, following testing.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: All servers and computers utilise anti-virus and anti-malware protection. Intrusion Detection Systems are also utilised at the network edge. Consolidated logging and alerting are used to ensure notification and rapid response to potential incidents.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Incident management processes are in line with ISO 27001 accredited governance procedures. Users can report incidents by telephone and email. System alerts also notify of incidents. Critical outages or other significant incidents are immediately notified by telephone, with non critical incidents initially notified by email. All incidents are reported in document format by email following root cause investigation.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: Yes

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 2%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 2%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 5%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 5%
• Over £5,000,001: 5%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Socotec
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Friday 20 December 2024
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: IMSM
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Thursday 20 March 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: D696533d-24a9-4d31-a63a-48a728c84c82
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: F7945500-da96-423f-adb5-381f1845c3b9
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
    • Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
    • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
    • Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
    • Advertising of supply chain opportunities openly and to ensure they are accessible to a diverse range of businesses, including advertising all subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder
    • Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
    • Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
    • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)

  • Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

    Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

    • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at tender.alerts@bslgroup.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.