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Official procurement procedure
Home Office - Auto-translation and transcription Request for Information
Foreign language translation software development services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
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 Authority | Home Office | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Home Office
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Home Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
5.3Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITEDTop vendor: 56.7% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED | 1 win | £110,652,398 |
| CIRRA - Clearsprings (Management) Limited & IRARA Secure Solutions Ltd | 1 win | £63,968,042 |
| Frequentis UK Limited | 1 win | £11,147,119 |
| Royal Mail Group Limited | 1 win | £6,900,000 |
| Bayliss Executive Travel Ltd | 1 win | £1,706,000 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHome Office | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
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
- Official notice release published
21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST - Status changed to planning
8 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST - Official notice release published
8 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST - Buyer information updated
8 Oct 2025, 11:03 BST - Published tender amendment
Not publishedDear 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 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST - Procedure published
21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST - engagement
31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduledThis 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-PQLZDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |