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title: "Mapping UK Professional Business Qualifications and associated Translation Services"
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# Mapping UK Professional Business Qualifications and associated Translation Services

Buyer: Department for Business and Trade  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078c82

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## Summary

The Department for Business and Trade commissioned consultancy to map professional business qualifications from EU member states against UK qualifications and assess whether regulatory requirements are sufficiently aligned. Associated translation services are included. This is a specialist research and analysis assignment, rather than a general translation contract: the work centres on comparing qualification systems and their regulatory recognition. The procurement is classified as business-related services. The work is for the Department and is described as being delivered in the United Kingdom.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Ecctis Limited. The Department used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. There was one lot, covering the mapping and associated translation work. The contract was signed on 13 October 2026 and runs from 13 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £85,600 excluding VAT, or £102,720 including VAT. The award is active and the contract is active. The stated purpose was to determine whether EU member-state professional business qualifications are sufficiently aligned with UK qualifications from a regulatory perspective.

The award demonstrates demand for specialist consultancy combining comparative qualification research, regulatory analysis and translation. A credible competitor for this Department’s requirement would need to understand professional business qualifications in both UK and EU contexts, systematically map qualification levels and requirements across jurisdictions, and assess regulatory alignment rather than simply produce translations. Translation capability is also relevant where source material must be understood across languages. The contract was awarded without competition, so the route used here did not provide an open contest or a published evaluation basis to learn from. The selected supplier is an SME, showing that this requirement was delivered by a smaller specialist business. Suppliers with the expertise to combine cross-border research and language services are the closest match to the demonstrated need.

## Notice

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) have procured consultancy services to map EU Member States qualifications against UK qualifications to determine whether sufficient regulatory alignment exists.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099317-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 13 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £85,600 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Business and Trade |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2DY |
| 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 | Ecctis Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

## Release History

- 21 Oct 2026 at 10:35 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099317-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099317-2026
  21st October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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