Published date: 16 September 2016
This notice was replaced on 28 November 2016
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 3 September 2019, last edited 3 September 2019)
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Contract summary
Industry
System quality assurance assessment and review services - 72225000
Translation services - 79530000
Interpretation services - 79540000
Location of contract
North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales
Value of contract
£232,400,000
Procurement reference
LSP Award Notice
Published date
16 September 2016
Closing date
7 March 2016
Contract start date
18 August 2016
Contract end date
30 October 2020
Contract type
Service contract
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The services have been procured in 4 Lots. The services are face to face, telephone and video interpreting services for spoken languages (Lot 1), translation and transcription services (Lot 2), non-spoken language services (Lot 3) and quality assurance of language services (Lot 4).
The services are required across the justice sector, including for all Courts and tribunals in England and Wales and some tribunals in Scotland, as well as for other justice sector bodies.
The services are available to the Ministry of Justice, executive agencies and its arm's length bodies, other public sector bodies and non-public sector bodies who provide services to the justice sector.
The bodies within the scope of this contract are:
- the Ministry of Justice
- all executive agencies of the Ministry of Justice, whether or not in existence at the date of this notice, including but not limited to the National Offender Management Service, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, the Legal Aid Agency, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and the Office of the Public Guardian
- all non-departmental public bodies of the Ministry of Justice, whether or not in existence at the date of this notice, including but not limited to the Youth Justice Board, the Parole Board, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the Sentencing Council and Independent Monitoring Boards
- all Police and Crime Commissioners and their forces
- all law enforcement agencies and forces
- other public sector bodies as set out in Annex A
- non-public bodies operating in the justice sector
One supplier has been appointed for each Lot and awarded a contract which has been entered into with the Secretary of State for Justice. The contracts will provide for the Secretary of State for Justice to act as
commissioner of services for the bodies listed above.
The initial term of the contracts is 4 years with options to extend for two further periods of up to 1 year each and a further exceptional extension option for up to 1 further year which can be exercised irrespective of whether the other extension options have been exercised.
Award information
Awarded date
18 August 2016
Contract start date
18 August 2016
Contract end date
30 October 2020
Total value of contract
£232,400,000
This contract was awarded to 3 suppliers.
THEBIGWORD Group Limited
Address
Link Up House, Ring Road, Lower Wortley
Leeds
LS12 6AB
United KingdomReference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Clarion Interpreting Limited
Address
The Old Dairy, Brook Road
Royston
SG8 7RG
United KingdomReference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
London Borough of Newham
Address
1000 Dockside Road
London
E16 2QU
United KingdomReference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Address
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England
Language_Services_@Justice.gsi.gov.uk
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