Contract award · 17 Dec 2025

Language Services Lot 1

Ministry of Justice awarded “Language Services Lot 1” to Thebigword Group Holdings Limited for £209m on 17 Dec 2025.

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Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Ministry of Justice · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£208,700,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Business services · Interpretation services (CPV 79540000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Dec 2025
  2. Published16 Jan 2026Published 30 days after the contract date

Description

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has entered into contracts for the delivery of Language Services. The contracts are split into 4 Lots, the scope of services includes face to face, telephone and video interpreting services for spoken languages, BSL, visual and tactile communication and quality and assurance of all language services. Additional information: Additional Quality Criteria; Information Security - 3.75% Social Value - 10%

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

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Date Contract Supplier Value
21 Jan 2026 Clarion Interpreting Limited SME £10.9m
19 Jan 2026 The Language Shop Ltd SME £12.9m
16 Jan 2026 Translate UK limited SME £17.9m

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