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Transcription and Recording Services

Buyer: General Pharmaceutical Council →

BuyerGeneral Pharmaceutical Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published15 Oct 2025

What is being bought

The GPhC have procured the provision of Transcription and Recording services. This Contract has been awarded to 1 Tenderer(s)/Service Provider(s); and scope of services include: o Audio Recording 1. Supply of Loggers -throughout the United Kingdom- to attend and record in-person 'Fitness to Practise' hearings. 2. Provision and storage of high-quality audio recordings, enabling the production of verbatim transcriptions using current technologies. 3. Application of appropriate, effective and consistent audio recording(s) labelling/indexing practices. o Transcription 1. Provision of verbatim 'Fitness to Practise' hearing transcripts. 2. Secure email provision of complete transcripts on 'standard' request - within 10 working days. 3. Secure email provision of complete transcripts on 'urgent' request - within 5 working days. 4. Secure email provision of complete transcripts on 'expedited' request - within 3 working days. o Data Security and Information Governance 1. Compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including registration with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). 2. ISO 15489 and BS 10012 accreditations, or appropriate Records Management policies and procedures in place, which are compliant with ISO 15489 and BS 10012 standards. 3. ISO 27001 accreditation, or appropriate Information Security policies and procedures in place, which are compliant with ISO 27001 standards. 4. Data processed within the United Kingdom, or another Country/Territory recognised by the United Kingdom Government as having equivalent levels of Data Protection. 5. Application of appropriate and effective measures/processes/procedures/systems to ensure all Agents, including but not limited to Loggers, Transcriptionists and Transcribers: i. respect confidentiality of Hearings. ii. provide secure and safe production, storage and transport of transcripts and recordings. o Communication 1. Application of an efficient and intuitive booking and cancellation system. 2. Application of an efficient invoicing system. o Account Management and Management Information (MI) 1. Provision of accurate management information/reports on demand, for but not limited to: i. usage. ii. expenditure.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

GPhC134: Transcription and Recording Services

Statusactive
Value£220,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04fa7f
Latest release ID065589-2025
Latest release timestampWed Oct 15 2025 12:36:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Oct 2025award, contract065589-2025
22 Aug 2025award, contract051028-2025
16 Jun 2025tender032446-2025
31 Mar 2025planning011949-2025
31 Mar 2025planning011947-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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16 Jun 2025 · 032446-2025 · tender
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31 Mar 2025 · 011949-2025 · planning
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31 Mar 2025 · 011947-2025 · planning
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