The authority is seeking to contract with one provider for a combined CRM and CMS solution to significantly improve its digital self-service and assisted-service offering via a new customer portal for a number of interactions including waste (fly tipping, missed collections, garden and bulky waste), online planning submissions, online activities for housing and revenues and benefits. The solution will enable the authority to build a data-rich Customer Services provision, enabling analysis of customer needs and shaping services accordingly. The solution will provide the authority with a single view of its customers to break down silos across the authority and the services it provides; officers will achieve a better understanding of how customers interact across all services whilst enabling them to track service requests, check for updates electronically, deliver personalised, targeted services and communication and thus building stronger and effective relationships with them.