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Published 15 Dec 2022, 17:21 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Language Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)

5 lotsServices
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2023from the planned procurement notice
Lots 5see the lot list below

What is being bought5 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) intends to run a procurement exercise for the delivery of Language Services. The services are available to the Ministry of Justice, its executive agencies and its arm's length bodies. The scope of services includes face to face, telephone and video interpreting services for spoken languages, BSL, visual and tactile communication and quality assurance of all language services. Translation and transcription services are out of scope.

It is very likely the contract will be divided into lots but this is to be developed as part of our market engagement. We have included examples of lots below.

The MoJ is developing its commercial strategy for the provision of language services and is interested in understanding the market’s capacity and capability to bid for, and provide, these services.

The purpose of this notice is to enable suppliers to express interest, and register with us to receive further information on upcoming market engagement events in the new year.

Interested parties are required to complete the following actions:

  1. Register an account through the MoJ Sourcing Portal at ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
  2. Navigate to the left side menu and click on ‘PQQs Open to All Suppliers’ > find and click on ‘PQQ_323 – Language Services (Market Engagement Only)’ - for the avoidance of doubt this is not an actual PQQ just a space on our sourcing system to coordinate market engagement activities. There are no mandatory actions to take.
  3. You can express an interest by clicking ‘Express interest’.

We will be using the above forum to communicate future events and anticipate our first market engagement event to be held early in the new year. Sufficient notice for this event will be provided.

We'd also like to acknowledge that our upcoming procurement is going ahead later than originally published in our PIN last year. We will be sharing new timelines and be available to answer your questions in our upcoming market engagement events.

CPV: Interpretation services · Software package and information systems · Software-related services · System quality assurance assessment and review services

Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure

5 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Example: Face to face and remote interpreting for spoken languagesPlanned

This lot is an example of potential lots that are being explored and is a placeholder before lots are fully developed in market engagement.

Delivery: UK
Lot #2Example: Face to face and remote interpreting for BSL, visual and tactile communicationPlanned

This lot is an example of potential lots that are being explored and is a placeholder before lots are fully developed in market engagement.

Delivery: UK
Lot #3Example: Telephone InterpretingPlanned

This lot is an example of potential lots that are being explored and is a placeholder before lots are fully developed in market engagement.

Delivery: UK
Lot #4Example: Techology ServicesPlanned

This lot is an example of potential lots that are being explored and is a placeholder before lots are fully developed in market engagement. Additional information: We are exploring the possibility of a technology services lot, initial thinking is that this would include a booking platform and management information to be further considered in market engagement

Delivery: UK
Lot #5Example: Quality AssurancePlanned

This lot is an example of potential lots that are being explored and is a placeholder before lots are fully developed in market engagement.

Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Lot distribution rule: Face to face and remote interpreting for spoken languages, face to face and remote interpreting for BSL and visual and tactile communication, telephone interpreting, technology services, quality assurance.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Dec 2022, 17:21 GMT
Last source update
15 Dec 2022, 17:21 GMT
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035571
Classification (CPV)
Interpretation servicesSoftware package and information systemsSoftware-related servicesSystem quality assurance assessment and review services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0391a8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Dec 2022 → 1 Nov 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    15 Dec 2022, 17:21 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Nov 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Justice

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 102 Petty France, London, UK, SW1H 9AJContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.