Planning

Language Services

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

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Planning

15 Dec 2022 at 17:21

Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Justice is planning a procurement exercise for the delivery of Language Services. The services include face-to-face, telephone, and video interpreting services, along with quality assurance. The contract is likely to be divided into lots, and interested parties can register to participate in market engagement events. The Ministry is eager to assess the market's capacity and capability to bid for these services. The procurement method is a tender, and interested suppliers can express their interest through the MoJ Sourcing Portal.

This tender for Language Services by the Ministry of Justice presents business growth opportunities for suppliers of interpretation services, technology solutions, and quality assurance in the UK. Service providers in the language services industry, especially those offering face-to-face and remote interpreting, BSL, and visual communication, are well-suited to compete. The upcoming market engagement events aim to facilitate interaction between the Ministry and potential suppliers, allowing businesses to understand the requirements and participate in the procurement process.

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Notice Title

Language Services

Notice 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 https://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.

Lot Information

Example: Face to face and remote interpreting for spoken languages

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

Example: Face to face and remote interpreting for BSL, visual and tactile communication

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

Example: Telephone Interpreting

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

Example: Techology Services

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

Example: Quality Assurance

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

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0391a8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035571-2022
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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


CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services

72260000 - Software-related services

79540000 - Interpretation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Dec 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Nov 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
elise.ballantyne@justice.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 9AJ
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

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