Official UK procurement notice
Credit Referencing Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£273,780published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Mar 2024no call for competition
Awarded to Equifax
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of Analytical Data Solutions Credit Referencing and Tracing Services for HMCTS, LAA, CCMD Commercial, OPG and CICA. The purpose of this contract for:
- HMCTS is to provide additional intelligence, through which to trace parties and enable enforcement of court orders, collect monies across criminal, civil and family jurisdictions.
- Legal Aid Agency is to provide a credit check service for the civil and criminal proceedings funding, to determine client’s/ debtor’s ability to repay an outstanding liability which has been deemed repayable following the public funding received in relation to the proceedings. A tracing service is also required to locate clients/ debtors trying to evade repayment.
- MOJ CCMD is to help mitigate against any legal or commercial risk in particular to financial viability of existing or potential suppliers. This enables MOJ to procure great services and goods at competitive prices that offer value for money and help to deliver the frontline justice services that protect the public, reduce reoffending, and provide citizens with swift access to justice.
- OPG is to utilise address data, confirm customer bereavement data, and financial data to support OPG operational business.
- CICA to trace applicants who have moved away from their last known address and are no longer contactable on any email or phone number held by CICA. This will enable CICA to establish contact and pay the retained award of compensation due to applicants
CPV: Financial and insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1ServicesAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Apr 2024, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Apr 2024, 12:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013872- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04560aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This procurement was a call off from the CCS G-Cloud 13 framework, lot 2 Cloud Software, Service ID - 6022 6030 5200 012.
Key search terms: online Identity verification services validation Web API interfaces fraud
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £273,7801 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Mar 2024
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equifax | £273,780 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Credit Referencing Services · Equifax
- Signed
- 29 Mar 2024
- Value
- £273,780
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Equifax LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.