---
title: "Transcription, Stenography and Recording Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077a1e"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime"
published: "2026-09-25"
---

# Transcription, Stenography and Recording Services

Buyer: The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077a1e

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## Summary

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime procured transcription, stenography and recording services for the Metropolitan Police Service. The work is described as typing services, covering the production of written records from spoken material and stenographic or recording support. The requirement is for the Metropolitan Police Service, with delivery in the United Kingdom. This is a single service requirement rather than a set of separately described work packages. The buyer is the public body responsible for the Metropolitan Police Service procurement; the service is intended to support the police service’s operational requirements.

The procurement is complete and a contract was awarded to Appen UK Ltd. The award is active, and the contract is also active. The contract was signed on 20 March 2026 and has a recorded value of £441,864. The procurement used a limited procedure without a prior published competition, and a framework agreement was involved. Price was the stated award criterion. One bid was recorded for the single lot. The lot itself is marked cancelled, although the award and contract are recorded as active; the published process data therefore gives conflicting status signals. The contract’s initial term is stated to expire on 19 March 2027, with options to extend for up to two further periods of 12 months each.

This award demonstrates a requirement for transcription, stenography and recording services supporting the Metropolitan Police Service. A credible supplier for a future requirement would need to deliver dependable typing and conversion of spoken material into written records, with the capacity to support a public-sector policing client. The awarded supplier is recorded as a large business, indicating that a provider able to service an organisational requirement at this scale was selected. Price was the stated basis for evaluation, so cost competitiveness was central to this procurement. The single recorded bid and limited route without prior publication indicate that this was not a broadly competed opportunity; suppliers tracking future work should be prepared for the buyer’s chosen procurement route as well as the service specification. No specific accreditation or technical qualification is stated.

## Notice

Provision of typing services for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of typing services for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

Options: The initial term of the contract expires on 19 March 2027, with the option to extend for up to two further periods of 12 months each.

### Procurement Information

Provision of typing services for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090820-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| 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 | £441,864 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 0LL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Appen (UK) Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79551000 - Typing services

## Release History

- 25 Sep 2026 at 09:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090820-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.met.police.uk

## Provenance

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