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title: "Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry (SCI) Transcription Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03be99"
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# Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry (SCI) Transcription Services

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03be99

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## Summary

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract for transcription services for the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry. The services involve real-time legal transcription of public hearing proceedings. The contract was awarded to Opus 2 International. The contract value is £1,071,050 GBP, and it was signed on 27th June 2023. The procurement method used was an Open procedure.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for transcription service providers with experience in legal transcription services. Businesses with expertise in real-time transcription, law-courts-related administrative services, and proven capabilities in quality criteria such as Staffing and Capability, Methodology, Cyber Security, and Business Continuity, among others, would be well-suited to compete for this tender. The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry aims to ensure high-quality transcription services and has specified criteria for selection based on quality and price evaluation.

## Notice

The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry ("SCI" or the "Inquiry") requires real-time legal transcription services (the "Services"). The Inquiry will hold public hearings at its hearing venue which ordinarily will be broadcast via its website and YouTube channel. At such public hearings, the Inquiry requires real-time, legal transcription services to be performed on its behalf. The appointed Service Provider must have the necessary experience, ability, capacity, and resilience to perform the services described in this specification.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry ("SCI" or the "Inquiry") requires real-time legal transcription services (the "Services"). The Service Provider will provide real-time verbatim legal transcription of the proceedings. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Options: The Authority reserves the right to extend the period of contract for an additional period of up to 24 months ( 2 x 12 months), to no later than 31 October 2028.

Renewal: The Authority reserves the right to extend the period of contract for an additional period of up to 24 months ( 2 x 12 months), to no later than 31 October 2028.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021036-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 17 May 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Jun 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,071,500 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,071,050 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8EA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OPUS 2 INTERNATIONAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 75231100 - Law-courts-related administrative services
- 79540000 - Interpretation services

## Release History

- 21 Jul 2023 at 08:21 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021036-2023
- 14 Apr 2023 at 07:49 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010727-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000729239
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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