{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-05eaec-2026-04-09T11:04:51+01:00", "date": "2026-04-09T11:04:51+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-05eaec", "initiationType": "tender", "parties": [ { "id": "GB-PPON-PDNN-2773-HVYN", "name": "Ministry of Justice", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PDNN-2773-HVYN" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "102 Petty France", "locality": "London", "postalCode": "SW1H 9AJ", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKI32" }, "contactPoint": { "name": "Commercial", "email": "intermediariesproject@justice.gov.uk" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement", "classifications": [ { "id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment", "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE", "description": "Public authority - central government" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-PPON-PDNN-2773-HVYN", "name": "Ministry of Justice" }, "planning": { "milestones": [ { "id": "engagement", "type": "engagement", "description": "The purpose of this notice is to enable suppliers to find out how to participate in an online market engagement event planned for 29th April 2026. This event will take the form of an online webinar or 'live event' using Microsoft Teams. Interested parties are required to register an expression of interest by emailing intermediariesproject@justice.gov.uk Joining instructions will be issued to those that have expressed an interest in attending before 28th April 2026. A recording of the event will be made available via the MoJ eSourcing Portal after 29th April 2026. Your details will be held for the purposes of alerting you to market engagement activity, including the publication of information on the MoJ eSourcing Portal. This is the second phase of market engagement relating to Justice-wide intermediary services. The MoJ has previously conducted engagement through a market engagement questionnaire. Materials published to support that first phase of engagement will be available via the MoJ eSourcing Portal alongside the recording of the event. The MoJ intends to take undertake further market engagement following the event on 29th April 2026. The engagement deadline date of 31st March 2027 contained in this notice is an estimate of when we intend all market engagement activity will be completed. To view the recording and supporting information after the event interested parties are required to register an account via the MoJ eSourcing Portal at: https://ministryofjusticecommercial.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html If you are unsure whether you are already registered on the MoJ eSourcing Portal, you can email the support team: esourcing@justice.gov.uk Note that a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) will be used as a mechanism for sharing information, and no feedback or responses to engagement will affect your ability to tender for contracts in the future. Responses at this stage are not evaluated or attributed to you or your organisation in future procurement stages. If your organisation does not wish to participate in the market engagement event or subsequent events, this will not prevent your organisation from being able to participate in any subsequent procurement. The information contained in this notice is only indicative of current thinking and is neither exhaustive nor binding and MOJ reserves the right to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time. MoJ reserves the right not to proceed with any procurement. Nothing in this notice shall constitute a commitment to procuring. Any and all costs associated with the production of a response to market engagement must be borne by your organisation. MoJ will not contribute in any way to meeting costs of any response. MoJ expects that all responses to this engagement opportunity will be provided by the supplier in good faith, to the best of its ability, in light of the information available at the time of response.", "dueDate": "2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ], "documents": [ { "id": "078016-2025", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078016-2025", "datePublished": "2025-11-28T11:36:12Z", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "031924-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031924-2026", "datePublished": "2026-04-08T13:02:06+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "032240-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032240-2026", "datePublished": "2026-04-09T11:04:51+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "tender": { "id": "prj_14821", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "Justice-wide Intermediary Services - Preliminary Market Engagement", "description": "The MoJ is currently exploring the future of intermediary services provision and invites the market to participate in preliminary market engagement, prior to any procurement process. The MoJ is exploring how these services may be delivered across the Ministry and the wider justice sector. Services being considered include those currently provided under the HMCTS Appointed Intermediary Services Frameworks (HAIS) and the Witness Intermediary Scheme (WIS), in addition to ad hoc intermediary services provided to support His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board. You can find out more about the current HAIS arrangements at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hmcts-intermediary-services#about-hmcts-intermediary-services You can find out more about the current Witness Intermediary Scheme at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ministry-of-justice-witness-intermediary-scheme Intermediaries are impartial communication specialists whose primary responsibility is to enable complete, coherent and accurate communication with vulnerable witnesses, defendants and parties in the justice system, in order to improve the quality of evidence and facilitate the vulnerable person's understanding and participation in the proceedings. The role of an intermediary includes making an assessment and reporting, orally or in writing, about the communication needs of the vulnerable person and the steps that should be taken to meet those needs. 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