Published date: 21 October 2020

This notice was replaced on 12 May 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 12 May 2021, last edited 6 February 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Translation services - 79530000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£18,160,000

Procurement reference

tender_224551/893673

Published date

21 October 2020

Closing date

23 November 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

29 October 2021

Contract end date

28 October 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The procurement is for the provision of translation and transcription services to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), its executive agencies and 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.

Services are anticipated to be contracted for an initial term of 4 years with an option to extend for any period or periods of up to 3 years.

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Transparency:

HM Government requires that tender documentation issued by government departments for contracts exceeding 10 000 GBP over the life of the contract are published online (www.gov.uk/contracts-finder) for the public. The resulting contract shall also be published. The Authority may use its discretion to redact information to protect key commercial interest or on prescribed grounds. Therefore, bidders who wish information not to be published, if successful, should secure agreements with the Authority prior to submission. These could cover key commercial interest, trade secrets and commercial interests which would be prejudiced by publication, all following the test in Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1178/commercial-interests-section-43-foia-guidance.pdf).

Only documentation related to the award will be published. The prescribed grounds for redaction are:
(a) national security;
(b) personal data;
(c) information protected by intellectual property rights;
(d) information which is not in the public interest to disclose (following tests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000);
(e) third party confidential information;
(f) IT security; and
(g) Prevention of fraud.

Freedom of information (FOI):

The Freedom of Information Act came fully into force in 2005. If any organisation considers that any information supplied by them is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivities specified. In such cases the relevant material will in response to FOI requests be examined in the light of exemptions provided for in the Act.

About the buyer

Address

5 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
England

Email

MoJProcurementLang@Justice.gov.uk