--- title: "Post Office Horizon Inquiry- Witness Tracing Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-8955f592-de77-461c-8e46-eca3d1c66c68" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8955f592-de77-461c-8e46-eca3d1c66c68" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8955f592-de77-461c-8e46-eca3d1c66c68.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8955f592-de77-461c-8e46-eca3d1c66c68.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY" published: "2022-09-01" --- # Post Office Horizon Inquiry- Witness Tracing Services Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8955f592-de77-461c-8e46-eca3d1c66c68 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8955f592-de77-461c-8e46-eca3d1c66c68) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8955f592-de77-461c-8e46-eca3d1c66c68.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc0c619e-ec9b-4e6b-9309-94cf9846d9a2 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 1 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | 15 Sep 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 25 Sep 2022 - 31 Mar 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £63,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1H 0ET | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ## Release History - 1 Sep 2022 at 16:12 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc0c619e-ec9b-4e6b-9309-94cf9846d9a2 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc0c619e-ec9b-4e6b-9309-94cf9846d9a2 1st September 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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