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title: "Contract for the provision of Language Analysis Services"
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# Contract for the provision of Language Analysis Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-provision-of-language-analysis-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0314d7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Secretary of State for the Home Department: "Contract for the provision of Language Analysis Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Secretary of State for the Home Department](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department-GB-FTS-114174)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 April 2022 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Analysis services, Interpretation services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,151,342 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-provision-of-language-analysis-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0314d7#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0314d7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-provision-of-language-analysis-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0314d7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomeoffice.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-provision-of-language-analysis-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0314d7#participate

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79540000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** Open procurement for the provision of Language Analysis Services.

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 038704-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **thebigword Group Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172902`
  - Value: £1,151,342 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 038704-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,151,342
  - Signed Date: 11/11/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038704-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-02T10:13:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T04:15:32.635Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0314d7