Scope
Description
The Home Office Migration & Borders System (which includes Asylum & Human Rights Operations, Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, Visas, Status & Immigration (VSI) and Passports, Citizenship & Civil Registration (PCCR)) is conducting market research to gather information regarding automated translation and transcription technologies to further understand both current and potential future market capabilities.
This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information purposes and does not constitute a Request for proposal, Request for Quotation, or invitation to bid.
The Home Office have identified three distinct but interrelated types of requirements. These include interpretation, translation and transcription.
Contract dates (estimated)
- 8 October 2025 to 31 October 2025
- 24 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 72212740 - Foreign language translation software development services
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Engagement
Engagement deadline
31 October 2025
Engagement process description
This is a request for information regarding automated translation and transcription technologies to further understand both current and potential future market capabilities.
Suppliers interested in taking part in this RFI exercise should contact Laura Bogdanova (Laura.Bogdanova1@homeoffice.gov.uk) for a copy of the Auto-translation and transcription Request for Information document which includes background, supporting information and the RFI questions. A copy of a Home Office signed NDA will also be sent to participating suppliers for them to countersign and to return with their responses to the RFI questions. Supplier responses and NDA should also be returned to Laura Bogdanova (Laura.Bogdanova1@homeoffice.gov.uk) by 17:00 on Friday 31 October 2025.
Thank you in advance for your interest and we appreciate you taking the time to respond to our request for information.
Kind regards
HO Commercial Team
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Contracting authority
Home Office
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWGC-6513-PQLZ
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Contact name: Laura Bogdanova
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - central government