Official UK procurement notice
DoJ - NICTS - Provision of Transcription Services
Authority: Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe NICTS wishes to establish a contract with a single supplier for the provision of quality court transcription services that will meet the current business needs. The provision of Court Transcription Services is a mandatory service which is governed by The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968 (Rules 24-29). In addition, the Judicature (NI) Act 1978 (S16 (1) and S46(1)) specifies ‘courts of record’, which includes the High Court, Crown Court, Family Care Centres and Coroner’s Courts. The contract will run for a period of 4 years with options to extend for further periods of up to and including 24 months beyond this period.
CPV: Judicial services · Justice services · Legal documentation and certification services · Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£100,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative: 60%
- Quantitative: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative: 60
- Quantitative: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Nov 2024, 13:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2025, 11:48 GMT
- Authority reference
5337195- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010364- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b66fFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into..
Publisher note: Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of three years from the date of issue. The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.".
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Dec 2024 → 20 Mar 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline16 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published20 Mar 2025, 11:48 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2025, 11:48 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld for security reasonsContract | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Withheld for security reasons
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 (as amended).Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.