Award of Framework Agreement for the Procurement of Court Reporting and Transcription (CRT) Services

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Ministry of Justice

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

61457c57-5903-49f0-8e53-fc3986feda02-660472

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 75231000, 75231100

Published tags

award

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The Ministry of Justice (hereafter the Authority) has awarded a Framework Agreement for the procurement of the following Court Reporting and Transcription Services (CRT) on behalf of HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS): a. Off-site Transcription Services (OTS) which involves the Court recordings being sent to the relevant supplier where they produce the transcription services based on the contracted service level timeframe. b. Attendance-based Transcription Services (ATS) comprises stenographers or loggers attending the Court proceeding and then later producing the transcript to the contracted timescales. c. Real-time Transcription Services (RTS) involves temporarily supplying equipment and production of near-instantaneous transcriptions of proceedings on site. The Information Assurance and Security requirements included: - Compliance against Cabinet Office standards for providing ICT services to Her Majesty's Government (HMG) or equivalent - All Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) data accessed, obtained or processed will not be processed or accessed from outside of the UK.

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1. Award notice observed

   6 Jul 2023

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   61457c57-5903-49f0-8e53-fc3986feda02-660472

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Award of Framework Agreement for the Procurement of Court Reporting and Transcription (CRT) Services

  Buyer: Ministry of JusticeSupplier: Appen (UK) Ltd

  End date in notice

  30 Jun 2027

  Value shown in notice

  £22,093,699Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

  Official source

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  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-b2a89548-a76b-49b2-9b71-dd17f99f731a-1

• Award of Framework Agreement for the Procurement of Court Reporting and Transcription (CRT) Services

  Buyer: Ministry of JusticeSupplier: DA Languages Ltd

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