Official UK procurement notice
Translation, Transcription & Alternative Format Services
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service provider will deliver Translation, Transcription and Alternative Format Services to the MoJ, its Executive Agencies, Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) and other associated partners with jurisdiction over England, Wales and Scotland.
CPV: Translation services · Writing agency services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 16:26 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 14:56 BST
- Authority reference
prj_14617- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083118- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05246eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 May 2025 → 29 Oct 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 16:26 BST
- Market engagement220 days ago19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
The MoJ is interested in understanding the market's capacity and capability to bid for, and provide, these services and plans to use early market engagement to help shape the commercial strategy and operational model to meet future justice system needs for Translation, Transcription and Alternative Format Services.
The purpose of this notice is to enable suppliers to express interest, and register with us to catch up on already held market engagement event and prepare for the next upcoming market engagement event.
Interested parties are required to complete the following actions:
- Register for an account through the MoJ Sourcing Portal at ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- Navigate to the left side menu and click on 'PQQs Open to All Suppliers' > find and click on 'PQQ_543 - prj_14617-Translation & Transcription Services - Market Engagement' - for the avoidance of doubt this is not an actual PQQ just a space on our sourcing system to coordinate market engagement activities. There are no mandatory actions to take.
- Suppliers must express an interest by clicking 'Express interest' and will then be able to view the detail relating to market engagement already undertaken and the upcoming session.
The 'PQQ_543 - prj_14617-Translation & Transcription Services - Market Engagement' area will be the forum used to store previous sessions slides and recordings and communicate the second market engagement event which will be held on 5 March 2026, on MS Teams. The Engagement deadline in this notice reflects the closing date for questionnaire submission by Suppliers following the session.
- Next notice expected177 days ago1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published53 days ago2 Sept 2026, 14:56 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 368 days29 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 16:26 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published11 Dec 2025, 11:08 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Dec 2025, 11:57 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Dec 2025, 11:58 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Feb 2026, 15:18 GMTUK2
- Procurement termination notice published2 Sept 2026, 14:56 BSTUK12
- Status changed to withdrawn2 Sept 2026, 14:56 BST
Published amendments (3)
Update to title of the requirement only, no other changes.
Update to Engagement deadline.
Update to Engagement Deadline and added additional information about a second market engagement event.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-12: 2 releases · 11 Dec 2025, 11 Dec 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 24 Aug 2026 | CancelledThis Procurement Termination Notice is published voluntarily in relation to UK1 Pipeline Notice 2025/S 000-081839 and UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice 2026/S 000-011059. The Authority has decided to abandon the current procurement process because the anticipated timetable for the re-procurement has been materially deferred. The Authority is continuing to review its future service requirements and procurement approach. This will be undertaken as a separate procurement exercise, and any applicable notices will be published on Find a Tender. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender