Tuesday 3 September 2019

Contracts for Languages Services - Ministry of Justice



Contracts for Language Services
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Contract summary

Industry
  • System quality assurance assessment and review services - 72225000
  • Translation services - 79530000
  • Interpretation services – 79540000

Location of contract
North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales

Value of contract
£232.4m

Published date
03 September 2019

Closing date
07 March 2016

Contract start date
18 August 2016

Contract end date
30 October 2020

Description
The services have been procured in 4 Lots. The services are face to face, telephone and video interpreting services for spoken languages (Lot 1), translation and transcription services (Lot 2), non-spoken language services (Lot 3) and quality assurance of language services (Lot 4).

The services are required across the justice sector, including for all Courts and tribunals in England and Wales and some tribunals in Scotland, as well as for other justice sector bodies.

The services are available to the Ministry of Justice, executive agencies and its arm's length bodies, other public sector bodies and non-public sector bodies who provide services to the justice sector.

The bodies within the scope of this contract are:
- the Ministry of Justice
- all executive agencies of the Ministry of Justice, whether or not in existence at the date of this notice, including but not limited to the National Offender Management Service, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, the Legal Aid Agency, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and the Office of the Public Guardian
- all non-departmental public bodies of the Ministry of Justice, whether or not in existence at the date of this notice, including but not limited to the Youth Justice Board, the Parole Board, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the Sentencing Council and Independent Monitoring Boards
- all Police and Crime Commissioners and their forces
- all law enforcement agencies and forces
- other public sector bodies as set out in Annex A
- non-public bodies operating in the justice sector

One supplier has been appointed for each Lot and awarded a contract which has been entered into with the Secretary of State for Justice. The contracts will provide for the Secretary of State for Justice to act as commissioner of services for the bodies listed above.

The initial term of the contracts is 4 years with options to extend for two further periods of up to 1 year each and a further exceptional extension option for up to 1 further year which can be exercised irrespective of whether the other extension options have been exercised.

Awarded Information
Total value of contract
£232.4m
Contract start date
31 October 2016
Contract end date
30 October 2020
Awarded date
25 May 2016

This contract was awarded to 3 suppliers.

Supplier name
THEBIGWORD Group Limited
Supplier address
Link Up House, Ring Road, Lower Wortley
Leeds
LS12 6AB
United Kingdom
Supplier references
None
Value of contract
--
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No

Supplier name
Clarion UK Ltd
Supplier address
The Old Dairy,
Brook Road,
Royston,
Herts, SG8 7RG
Supplier references
None
Value of contract
--
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No

Supplier name
The Language Shop
Supplier address
1000 Dockside Rd, London E16 2QU
Supplier references
None
Value of contract
--
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No

Other information

Linked Notice

Attachments
OJEU Award Notice 2016/S 176-316166

Redacted Contract Lot 1

Redacted Contract Lot 2

Redacted Contract Lot 3

Redacted Contract Lot 4

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