# DCMS Competition: Nuisance Calls SBRI Phase 1

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Department For Culture Media & Sport](/buyers/department-for-culture-media-and-sport/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Call Control Technologies Limited
- Award value: £49,710
- Tender value: £50,000
- Award date: 23 December 2015
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 23 December 2015
- Contract end: 30 March 2016
- Stage: awarded
- Notice ID: 68a3f141-f4b9-4ea5-80f8-5ee4963c56f6-100821
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d2be83e9-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

DCMS and Innovate UK are running a competition to find innovative and technical solutions to tackle the problem of nuisance calls\. The solution must provide an affordable method of blocking a high proportion of nuisance calls\. Solutions can use any technology including, but not limited to any of the following areas: 1\. Home installed equipment that filters and blocks calls 2\. As above but integrating with a ‘community’ or central database to block calls from know problem sources 3\. A network level solution that will filter and block calls before they are offered to the end user The contract is being awarded under the SBRI ‘Nuisance Calls’ programme\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68a3f141-f4b9-4ea5-80f8-5ee4963c56f6-100821)