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title: "Provision of Visual Transcription Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e4e9"
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buyer: "Crown Prosecution Service"
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# Provision of Visual Transcription Services

Buyer: Crown Prosecution Service  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e4e9

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## Summary

The Crown Prosecution Service procured visual transcription services: written transcripts of visually recorded interviews used to reduce prosecutors’ evidence-review time and support court proceedings for which the CPS is responsible. The service is operationally critical to criminal justice work. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. The procurement is for services, covering typing, word-processing and desktop publishing activities. The named buyer is the Crown Prosecution Service, a central government public authority based in London. The requirement was associated with a framework agreement and was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The work centres on accurately converting visual interview evidence into written transcripts suitable for prosecutorial review and use in court proceedings.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. ESCRIBERS LIMITED was selected as supplier, with a contract value of £556,143. The contract was signed on 15 June 2026. The procedure was a limited award without prior publication of a call for competition, justified by technical uniqueness and extreme urgency, including the stated absence of competition for technical reasons. Four bids were recorded for the requirement. The published evaluation information allocated 70% to technical quality, 20% to commercial quality and 10% to technical social value; price was also stated as 100%. The requirement was presented as one lot, although that lot is recorded as cancelled while the related award and contract remain active.

This award shows demand within the Crown Prosecution Service for specialist transcription of visually recorded interviews, where accuracy and dependable handling of evidence are central to prosecutorial and court work. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need demonstrable capability in visual-interview transcription, strong typing, word-processing and document-production skills, and processes that support consistent quality across operationally critical material. Experience working with criminal justice, legal, evidential or other sensitive content would help establish suitability, particularly where transcripts are relied on for prosecutors’ review and court proceedings. Suppliers should also be prepared to evidence commercial value and meaningful social-value delivery, since the published evaluation considered technical quality, commercial factors and technical social value. The awarded supplier was an SME, indicating that this scale of work can be delivered by a suitably capable smaller business.

## Notice

The VTS is an operationally critical service which provides the written transcript of visually recorded interviews. Transcripts reduce the time taken by the prosecutor to review evidence . They are essential as part of any court proceedings, which the CPS is responsible for providing.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The VTS is an operationally critical service which provides the written transcript of visually recorded interviews. Transcripts reduce the time taken by the prosecutor to review evidence . They are essential as part of any court proceedings, which the CPS is responsible for providing.

### Procurement Information

Technical uniqueness and extreme urgency.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077799-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Jun 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £556,143 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Crown Prosecution Service |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9EA |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ESCRIBERS LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79550000 - Typing, word-processing and desktop publishing services

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2026 at 15:38 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077799-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.cps.gov.uk

## Provenance

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