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Language Services - Translation and Transcription
Authority: Ministry of Justice
CPV: Translation services (79530000)
Published contract value£18,160,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 28 Oct 2028
Awarded to thebigword Group Ltd
Contract starts 27 Apr 2021
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a contract award notice following the procurement for the provision of translation and transcription services for the Ministry of Justice, its executive agencies, its arm's length bodies and any other government body.
The services include the translation of written material and transcription of oral material from a source language into a target language within a specified timescale and format as requested by MoJ entities and other bodies across England, Wales and Scotland.
The scope of services includes:
- translation of written material from one language to another as text,
- transcription of audio files, tapes and other electronic media into written and/or electronic text documents in the same or different languages,
- transcription of written documents and/or electronic media into alternative formations such as (but not limited to) braille, easy read, large print, text to audio and typesetting.
The maximum term available is to 28/10/2028, but the current contract is due to expire 28/10/2027.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Buyer reference
- tender_224551/959607
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Published
- Procurement method
- Open
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Notice published21 Oct 2020
- Award decision27 Apr 2021
- Contract starts27 Apr 2021
- Contract ends28 Oct 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Ministry of JusticeContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- thebigword Group LtdSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-0a23072d-53d6-4c48-bebc-f9e823243c94-2025-12-01T09:07:08Z
- Published
- 21 Oct 2020
- Latest update
- 1 Dec 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-0a23072d-53d6-4c48-bebc-f9e823243c94
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-0a23072d-53d6-4c48-bebc-f9e823243c94-1