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title: "Early Engagement- Witness Tracing Services"
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current_stage: "Planning"
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# Early Engagement- Witness Tracing Services

Buyer: BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9dcedb94-1127-40f0-b4d6-dce971de12d6

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## Summary

The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy is initiating a procurement process for "Early Engagement - Witness Tracing Services" aimed at gathering information to support the Post Office Horizon Inquiry. This contract falls under the business services industry category, specifically law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a key engagement deadline set for 9th August 2022, at 23:59 BST. Relevant stakeholders interested in participating are encouraged to attend a pre-market engagement session via MS Teams on the same day, starting at 11 am.

This tender presents significant opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) specialising in investigative services, data management, or consulting. Businesses adept at open-source information gathering and witness location services would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract, as the inquiry aims to procure expert services for effective witness tracing. Engaging with this process could thus facilitate growth and expansion for firms capable of delivering such specialised services.

## Notice

The Post Office Horizon (IT) Inquiry needs to procure the services of a witness tracing service. The witness tracing service is required to support the Inquiry by carrying out open source information gathering and locating potential witnesses, with the information provided (such as names, last known addresses, date of birth, etc). This will help us locate witnesses to provide the inquiry with relevant evidence should the Chair so require, once we have located them. If you are interested in attending our pre-market engagement session on the 9th August 2022 11am-12pm, please email Zara Iqbal (zara.iqbal@beis.gov.uk) to register for attendance. The session will be held via MS Teams.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b2e783e-8817-4e20-b3db-5cab754d8971 |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Jul 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 9 Aug 2022 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BUSINESS ENERGY AND 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

- 26 Jul 2022 at 14:23 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b2e783e-8817-4e20-b3db-5cab754d8971

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b2e783e-8817-4e20-b3db-5cab754d8971
  26th July 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder

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