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# HMCTS Digital Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hmcts-digital-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b27e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Justice: "HMCTS Digital Support Service". Published status: active. Published Value: £13,700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Jun 2021, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18)
- **Published Value:** £13,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 June 2021 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Computer-related services, Research and development services and related consultancy services, Social services, Supporting services for the government (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hmcts-digital-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b27e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b27e`

## 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/hmcts-digital-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b27e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hmcts-digital-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b27e#participate

## Description
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is undergoing a £1bn Reform Programme. The reform programme aims to ‘bring new technology and modern ways of working to the way justice is administered’. Each of the Programme’s service projects has been looking to re-design the end to end service, increasing the automation and digitisation of processes, such as online forms and payments. The intention was that as many service users as possible will take up these digital offers. However, the HMCTS customer base is a varied one, and there is a need to support a potentially significant number of digitally excluded users who cannot or choose not to go online by themselves. This principle underpins the HMCTS vision of a justice system that is accessible to all.  HMCTS also recognises that the customer base faces a wide range of digital exclusion barriers that they may require assistance and support to overcome. 
We define ‘access’ as the ability for any person to find and use the necessary resources to interact and journey through court and tribunal services, without having to overcome any unreasonable barriers to doing so. There are many barriers that may hinder members of the public from accessing our future services. This may include, for example, financial constraints, lack of internet access, low confidence in using digital services, poor literacy or disability. The key role of this service is to provide users of HMCTS services who may face barriers to accessing digital platforms with the bespoke support required to successfully access justice services digitally. The reason a user may require support may differ from user to user, and users may have multiple causes of digital exclusion that require addressing.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72500000, 73000000, 80400000, 80500000, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £13,700,000
- **Description:** The key role of this service is to provide users of HMCTS services who may face barriers to accessing digital platforms with the bespoke support required to successfully access justice services digitally. The reason a user may require support may dif...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011021-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-18T21:55:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T16:46:09.571Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b27e