Contract award · 19 Jan 2026

Language Services - Lot 4

Ministry of Justice awarded “Language Services - Lot 4” to The Language Shop Ltd for £12.9m on 19 Jan 2026.

Education & trainingLondon

Value £12.9m
WinnerThe Language Shop Ltd SME

Open competition

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
£12,900,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date19 Jan 2026
  2. Published22 Jan 2026Published 3 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; Fraud, corruption, and bribery - 3.75% Information Security - 3.75% Social Value - 10%

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
21 Jan 2026 Clarion Interpreting Limited SME £10.9m
16 Jan 2026 Translate UK limited SME £17.9m
17 Dec 2025 Thebigword Group Holdings Limited £209m

More from Ministry of Justice

All contracts

More won by The Language Shop Ltd

All contracts

Recent education & training contracts

Sector overview