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Published 8 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for the provision of Language Analysis Services

Official notice

Authority: Secretary of State for the Home Department (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 29 Apr 2022awarded 11 Nov 2024
Awarded to THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority is responsible for the processing of asylum claims. This may be from individuals who are undocumented and for whom there is reason to have doubts about their claimed country of origin. The UK currently uses language analysis methods to support identification of an individual's country of origin.

This Contract Award relates to the delivery of a service to analyse individuals' speech via interview to pinpoint linguistic origin and therefore country of origin where an individual's claim of origin is in doubt.

Following an Open procurement process, which reached a conclusion in June 2022, the Authority have now concluded the Contract Award, with services commencing 11th November 2024.

The contract duration will be 3 years in total, ending 10th November 2027, with the option of a further 12 month extension.

CPV: Analysis services · Interpretation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Open procurement for the provision of Language Analysis ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Delivery: UK
Extensions: possible one year extension (12 months)Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 47.5%Price: 42.5%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Operational: 40%
  • Implementation: 7.5%
  • Legal & Commercial: 7.5%
  • Price: 35%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Legal & Commercial: 7.5
  • Operational: 40
  • Social Value: 10
  • Implementation: 7.5
  • Price: 35
  • Price: Quality 65% Price 35%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 42.5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.3 points. Quality carries 47.5 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
2 Dec 2024, 10:13 GMT
Award evaluation window
11 Apr 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038704
Classification (CPV)
Analysis servicesInterpretation services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0314d7 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Home Office uses an eSourcing toolkit to enable its sourcing activities to be conducted over the internet. In order to express an interest, please follow the steps set out below. The procurement will be managed electronically using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. The eSourcing Portal is an online application that allows suppliers to create and submit their Tender responses to any requests for information, requests for quotes, or requests for proposals via the internet rather than in paper form. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by following the link to Register. All suppliers interested in learning more about any potential contract opportunities described in this contract notice should submit their details (company name, lead contact name, lead contact email address and telephone number), in the first instance, to the following address: [email protected]. Arrangements will then be made for registered suppliers to access the eSourcing Portal for this opportunity so that they can provide a signed non-disclosure agreement to enable access to the Language Analysis Procurement Documents and ITT event on the eSourcing Portal. Any expressions of interest not submitted in the required format (or containing the requested information) may be rejected. Participants are requested to express interest by Friday 29th April 2022, to allow sufficient time for the tender administrative process and submission of responses. The authority requires new participants to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in order to be invited to participate in the competition for this project. On receipt of an email detailed above, the authority will either confirm receipt of an NDA as part of market engagement or provide access to the NDA document through the eSourcing portal. If required, the authority will expect participants to download and reattach a signed copy of the NDA to the event. When saving the 'pdf' document, please ensure that you include the participant organisation's name in the filename. Once a correctly signed NDA is received by the authority, participants will be invited to the standard selection questionnaire and will be able to access all of the project documentation. The closing date for submissions will be 4pm on Wednesday 11th May 2022. ITT Response clarification requests must be submitted no later than 4pm on Wednesday 4th May 2022.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗

Submission deadline
29 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
11 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Mar 2022 → 2 Dec 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    16 Mar 2022
  2. Bids opened
    11 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    29 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    2 Dec 2024, 10:13 GMT

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2022
  1. Published value published: £500,000
    11 Apr 2022, 15:14 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    11 Apr 2022, 15:14 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    11 Apr 2022, 15:14 BST
  4. Deadline published: 29 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
    11 Apr 2022, 15:14 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    12 Apr 2022, 13:55 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    2 Dec 2024, 10:13 GMT
  7. Buyer details updated
    2 Dec 2024, 10:13 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextTime limit for receipt of expressions of interest · IV.2.229/04/2022 16:0011/05/2022 16:00

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-02: 1 release · 8 Feb 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,151,3421 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
THEBIGWORD GROUP LIMITEDSubcontracting: declared£1,151,342 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsPublic order and safety Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DFContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Home OfficeContracting authority London, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • N/AReview body N/A

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria