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# Language Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/language-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f463). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Justice: "Language Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Interpretation services, Translation services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f463`

## 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/language-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f463#tl-md)

## Description
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is exploring the capability and capacity of suppliers for the provision of language services across the justice system. This is expected to include face to face, telephone and video interpreting services for spoken and non-spoken languages and quality assurance of all language services. Translation and transcription is not currently in scope. The services will be required across the justice sector, including for all courts and tribunals in England and Wales and some tribunals in Scotland, as well as for other justice sector bodies. It is likely the contract will be divided into lots but this is to be developed as part of our market engagement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79530000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The scope and structure of this procurement will be further developed following market and stakeholder engagement and may change as a result of this ongoing activity. 
MoJ reserves the right to conduct further engagement activity with suppliers who s...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027894-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-05T22:45:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:21:33.099Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f463