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Framework Complete Services
Provision of Visual Transcription Services
Published 14 Aug 2026
14 Aug 2026
- Primary CPV
-
79550000 *
Typing, word-processing and desktop publishing services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Westminster, London
- Value
- £556,143
- Contract
- Not specified
- Contract Types
-
79 *Business services: law, marketing, consu...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9EA, United Kingdom · UKI32
Contact
Award Criteria
- Technical
- Commercial
- Technical - Social Value
- Price
Related tenders
Crown Prosecution Service
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
79550000 *
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Reference: 2025 047
The VTS is an operationally critical service which provides the written transcript of visually recorded interviews. Transcripts reduce the time taken by the prosecutor to review evidence . They are essential as part of any court proceedings, which the CPS is responsible for providing.
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 79550000 — Typing, word-processing and desktop publishing services (primary)
Notice details
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Services
- Bids received
- 4
- Winning supplier
- SME
- Procurement method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Main category
- Services
- Legal basis
- CELEX 32014L0024
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Framework agreement
- Yes
- Covered by GPA
- Yes
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026 15:38
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06e4e9
- Notice ID
- 2025 047
Competition
4
Bids received
Organisations on this notice
Supplier SME
London, United Kingdom
Crown Prosecution Service
Review Body
London, United Kingdom
Lots (1)
Lot 1
The VTS is an operationally critical service which provides the written transcript of visually recorded interviews. Transcripts reduce the time taken by the prosecutor to review evidence . They are essential as part of any court proceedings, which the CPS is responsible for providing.
· Cancelled
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Tender
| Title | Provision of Visual Transcription Services |
| Status | complete |
| CPV › Description | Typing, word-processing and desktop publishing services |
| Category | services |
| Description | The VTS is an operationally critical service which provides the written transcript of visually recorded interviews. Transcripts reduce the time taken by the prosecutor to review evidence . They are essential as part of any court proceedings, which the CPS is responsible for providing. |
| Lot › Description | The VTS is an operationally critical service which provides the written transcript of visually recorded interviews. Transcripts reduce the time taken by the prosecutor to review evidence . They are essential as part of any court proceedings, which the CPS is responsible for providing. |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Technical |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | 70% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Commercial |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | 20% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Technical - Social Value |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | 10% |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Description | 100% |
| Lot › Has options | No |
| Lot › Status | cancelled |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Procedure type | limited |
| Procedure | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Techniques › Framework agreement | Yes |
| Covered by | GPA |
| Procurement Method Rationale Classifications › Description | The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons |
| Reason for this procedure | Technical uniqueness and extreme urgency. |
Awards
| Title | Provision of Visual Transcription Services |
| Status | active |
| Supplier › Name | ESCRIBERS LIMITED |
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | Crown Prosecution Service |
| Party 1 › Identifier › Legal Name | Crown Prosecution Service |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | 102 Petty France |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | SW1H 9EA |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Contact › Telephone | +44 2077176000 |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | CommercialInbox@cps.gov.uk |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | https://www.cps.gov.uk |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 1 › Description | Public authority – central government |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 2 › Description | Criminal Justice System |
| Party 2 › Name | ESCRIBERS LIMITED |
| Party 2 › Identifier › Legal Name | ESCRIBERS LIMITED |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | sme |
| Party 3 › Name | Crown Prosecution Service |
| Party 3 › Identifier › Legal Name | Crown Prosecution Service |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Role | Review body |
Buyer
| Name | Crown Prosecution Service |
Contracts
| Title | Provision of Visual Transcription Services |
| Status | active |
| Value › Value | £556,143 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Signed | 15 Jun 2026 |