Tender

Post Office Horizon Inquiry- Witness Tracing Services

DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

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Tender

01 Sep 2022 at 16:12

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is seeking witness tracing services for the Post Office Horizon Inquiry. The inquiry aims to locate around 500 past witnesses crucial to the investigation. Suppliers are required to provide tracing services for individuals, deliver results securely within specified timeframes and quote flat rates for two categories of tracing based on provided information. The tender is open for submissions until September 15, 2022, with a contract period running from September 26, 2022, to March 31, 2024.

This tender opportunity presents a chance for businesses with expertise in witness tracing, such as those involved in court cases, public inquiries, or police support services. The procurement process is ideal for companies offering law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, or security services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate, as the contracting authority shows a preference for SMEs in this tender.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Post Office Horizon Inquiry- Witness Tracing Services

Notice Description

The Post Office Horizon (IT) Inquiry is looking to procure the services of witness tracing. The witness tracing service will support the inquiry in finding past witnesses who might be key witnesses to the inquiry and have since left their previous employer, and who we do not hold any contact details for. The Inquiry is looking to trace around 500 witnesses. The outputs/products required of the witness tracing will be as follows: Witness tracing services for 500 individuals. The information we require for individuals: 1) home address 2) the degree of certainty the individual identified is the correct person, 3) If there are multiple plausible hits, then the details of each must be supplied along with the degree of certainty The information identified must be transferred securely to the Inquiry. Responses must be received back within 3 working days unless the Inquiry has marked it urgent, in which case it must be transferred securely within 2 days. We envisage two types of tracing will be needed. Whilst the exact numbers of individuals in categories (A) and (B) is not known, we ask for organisations to quote a flat rate for each. The categories are set out below: A. Fuller Information provided by the Inquiry (name/date of birth/last known location) Please quote a flat rate for each search for an individual for whom we have Fuller Information. B. Limited Information provided by the Inquiry (name/date of birth) Please quote a flat rate for each search for an individual for whom we have Limited Information. Potential suppliers should have previous experience of providing witness tracing services. Examples of this might include supporting court cases, public inquiry work or the police. To view this opportunity and the full Invitation to Tender pack, including instructions on how to submit a bid and the full contract Terms & Conditions, please register with our procurement platform, Jaggaer, using the following link: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/. Please select "Register Now" Under "View Live Opportunities". This tender opportunity is located under project code prj_500 and ITT code itt_289. If you have any queries relating to this opportunity please contact cara.jenkins@beis.gov.uk.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc0c619e-ec9b-4e6b-9309-94cf9846d9a2
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£63,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
15 Sep 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
25 Sep 2022 - 31 Mar 2024 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 0ET
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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