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Home Office - Auto-translation and transcription Request for Information

Foreign language translation software development services
UK
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Tenderline Synopsis: Home Office: "Home Office - Auto-translation and transcription Request for Information". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityHome OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Competition Density
5.3Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITEDTop vendor: 56.7% of attributable value
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Coverage: 140 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED1 win£110,652,398
CIRRA - Clearsprings (Management) Limited & IRARA Secure Solutions Ltd1 win£63,968,042
Frequentis UK Limited1 win£11,147,119
Royal Mail Group Limited1 win£6,900,000
Bayliss Executive Travel Ltd1 win£1,706,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHome Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
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Legal basisNot published
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Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
Last source update21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationForeign language translation software development services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05aa4d
What is being bought
The Home Office Migration & Borders System (which includes Asylum & Human Rights Operations, Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, Visas, Status & Immigration (VSI) and Passports, Citizenship & Civil Registration (PCCR)) is conducting market research to gather information regarding automated translation and transcription technologies to further understand both current and potential future market capabilities. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information purposes and does not constitute a Request for proposal, Request for Quotation, or invitation to bid. The Home Office have identified three distinct but interrelated types of requirements. These include interpreting, translation and transcription.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    8 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    8 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    8 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST
  5. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Dear Suppliers We have made one change to the below notice in Procurement Description (Scope section). The change has been made to the paragraph 'The Home Office have identified three distinct but interrelated types of requirements. These include interpretation, translation and transcription.' It is now changed to 'The Home Office have identified three distinct but interrelated types of requirements. These include interpreting, translation and transcription.'
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  2. Procedure published
    21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  3. engagement
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    This is a request for information regarding automated translation and transcription technologies to further understand both current and potential future market capabilities. Suppliers interested in taking part in this RFI exercise should contact Laura Bogdanova (Laura.Bogdanova1@homeoffice.gov.uk) for a copy of the Auto-translation and transcription Request for Information document which includes background, supporting information and the RFI questions. A copy of a Home Office signed NDA will also be sent to participating suppliers for them to countersign and to return with their responses to the RFI questions. Supplier responses and NDA should also be returned to Laura Bogdanova (Laura.Bogdanova1@homeoffice.gov.uk) by 17:00 on Friday 31 October 2025. Thank you in advance for your interest and we appreciate you taking the time to respond to our request for information. Kind regards HO Commercial Team
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Home Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWGC-6513-PQLZ
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Documents (1)
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Planning and rationale
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