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title: "Request for Information (RFI) - Language Services"
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# Request for Information (RFI) - Language Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-information-rfi-language-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04f790). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work & Pensions: "Request for Information (RFI) - Language Services". Published status: withdrawn. Published Value: £30,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Published Value:** £30,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 September 2025 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Interpretation services, Translation services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-information-rfi-language-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04f790#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04f790`

## 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/request-for-information-rfi-language-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04f790#tl-md)

## Description
This procurement is for the provision of spoken (foreign language) and non-spoken interpretation and translation services, and for the translation of foreign language customer documents.
We are conducting early market engagement as we are looking to devise the scope of the new DWP contract for Language Services. We are looking toward suppliers in this market to help inform our decision making and would appreciate your views and insight on the services we are looking to procure. We are requesting that suppliers in this market complete a Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire and return it to us via email no later than 6pm on 2nd April 2025. Please send in your responses to the following email address: Tolu Owolabi (tolu.owolabi@dwp.gov.uk)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** withdrawn
- **CPV codes:** 79530000, 79540000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £30,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 03/02/2026 to 02/02/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 15/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037107-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-03T12:38:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:56:52.468Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04f790