Official UK procurement notice
Request for Information (RFI) - Language Services
Authority: Department for Work & Pensions (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is for the provision of spoken (foreign language) and non-spoken interpretation and translation services, and for the translation of foreign language customer documents.
We are conducting early market engagement as we are looking to devise the scope of the new DWP contract for Language Services. We are looking toward suppliers in this market to help inform our decision making and would appreciate your views and insight on the services we are looking to procure. We are requesting that suppliers in this market complete a Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire and return it to us via email no later than 6pm on 2nd April 2025. Please send in your responses to the following email address: Tolu Owolabi (tolu.owolabi@dwp.gov.uk)
CPV: Interpretation services · Translation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£30,000,000
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Mar 2025, 15:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Jul 2025, 13:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
project_27593- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037107- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f790Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Mar 2025 → 3 Feb 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published21 Mar 2025, 15:33 GMT
- Latest notice published3 Jul 2025, 13:38 BST
- Next notice expected14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by301 days ago29 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts266 days ago3 Feb 2026
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Mar 2025- Planned procurement notice published21 Mar 2025, 15:33 GMTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published24 Mar 2025, 15:34 GMTUK3
- Procurement termination notice published3 Jul 2025, 13:38 BSTUK12
- Status changed to withdrawn3 Jul 2025, 13:38 BST
Published amendments (1)
Change to email address
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 16 Jun 2025 | CancelledProcurement will not continue under PA 2023 but a contract will instead be awarded following a call-off competition under the RM6302 Language Services Framework. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender