Services & engagement

How we engage. Four steps, one clear handoff.

The Connected Hive runs a repeatable four-step method across sourcing, technology and consulting. Cost to the buyer is zero on sourcing engagements; consulting has a free initial proposal.

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Capabilities

Five capabilities we bring to every engagement.

The flagship is partner selection. Outsourcing, technology, CX consulting and BPO cover the rest of the operating footprint.

Contact Center Partner Selection

The marquee service. Full needs assessment, RFI and RFP design, vendor questioning, site-visit audits and hand-picked matches from 3,500+ domestic and 8,000+ global vetted centers.

See partner selection

Contact Center Outsourcing

Omni-channel partners for voice, email, chat, social, tech help and customer care.

See outsourcing

CX Consulting

AI-for-CX assessments, agent process audits and cost-reduction analysis.

See CX consulting

Contact Center Technology

Vendor-agnostic CCaaS, IVR, WFM and AI advisory.

See technology

Business Process Outsourcing

End-to-end BPO for customer support, help desk, data, F&A and HR.

See BPO
The network we source from

Depth and coverage.

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Domestic centers
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Global centers
$8 to $35
Agent-hour range
24/7
Coverage models
How we work

Discovery, RFI and RFP, partner match, optimize.

The same four steps run across sourcing, technology and consulting.

1

Discovery

Business assessment, culture and brand alignment, requirements capture.

2

RFI / RFP design

We design the RFI, source responses, run vendor questioning, and audit site visits.

3

Partner match

Hand-selection from 3,500+ domestic and 8,000+ global vetted centers, onshore, nearshore, offshore or hybrid.

4

Optimize

Ongoing advisory: AI and CCaaS assessments, agent process audits, cost-reduction analysis.

Compliance officer reviewing PHI and card-data flow diagrams
Compliance built in

Every recommendation is HIPAA and PCI-DSS aware.

You cannot bolt compliance on after the RFP. We scope PHI and card-data flows in discovery, then grade every partner and platform against them.

  • HIPAA Compliant scoping
  • PCI-DSS Compliant scoping
  • MWCCA Board of Directors
  • PACE, SOCAP and HIMSS member
Common questions

What buyers ask us before an engagement.

A partner selection runs six to twelve weeks end to end: two weeks of discovery, four to six weeks of RFI and RFP with vendor questioning and site audits, and two to four weeks of contracting. A technology-only assessment or CX audit runs three to six weeks. Regulated healthcare programs run longer; a surge engagement can start faster.
No. Sourcing is free to the buyer — our fee is paid by the placed BPO partner. Consulting has a free initial proposal with defined scope and price; you approve before we begin.
Yes. Buyers often ask us to run just discovery and an RFI, or to sit in during vendor questioning and site visits on a shortlist their team built. We tailor the scope; the full four-step sequence is the default, not the only path.
Healthcare payors and providers (HIPAA-aware), insurance member experience, financial services (PCI-DSS-aware), government contact centers (FEMA, State of Louisiana), and seasonal DTC retail. Every recommendation is filtered through the compliance frame the industry requires.
You leave with a signed-and-scoped BPO agreement (on sourcing), a written technology recommendation matrix (on CCaaS or IVR), or an operating audit with cost-reduction analysis and QA enablement (on CX). Every engagement includes a written summary; nothing is verbal-only.
Yes, on the optimize step. We run ongoing advisory: quarterly performance reviews, AI and CCaaS re-assessments, cost-reduction re-scans, and disaster-recovery drills. Many buyers keep us on retainer after the initial placement closes.
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