Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The Financial Reporting Council Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Epiq Europe Ltd
- Value
- £252,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal documentation and certification services (CPV 79130000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 029067-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 May 2025
- Published2 Jun 2025Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
Call Off Contract award under Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement RM1557-14 following long and shortlisted search and RFT for the following requirement: The Financial Reporting Council 's Enforcement Division and Legal Services Team (LST) have a requirement for Transcription Services for the provision of: •Transcription services for interviews and presentations carried out during an investigation. •Tribunal Hearings Real-Time Transcription services and Evidence Presentation services (where a hearing takes place virtually). Additional information: Contract Value- The figure indicated in Section II.1.7. Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) represents an estimated contract value. The total cost of the services is variable and contingent upon the quantity of transcriptions requested and the number of cases and tribunal hearings during the period of the contract.
About the supplier
Epiq Europe Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02656370).