Planning

Front of House Translation Tool

  • Department for Work & Pensions

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-083626

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f75d (view related notices)

Published 17 December 2025, 9:36am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Department for Work & Pensions

Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA

London

SW1H 9NA

Contact

Commercial Team

Email

cddigital.ucwa@dwp.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions

Buyer's address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

National or federal Agency/Office

one.5) Main activity

Social protection


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Front of House Translation Tool

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72222300 - Information technology services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is undertaking market research to understand capability in machine translation, language processing and multilingual content support, to improve the accessibility, consistency and efficiency of our citizen communications.

This RFI does not commit the DWP to undertaking any formal procurement activity.

For further information and details on how to respond to this RFI, please refer to the attachment.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is undertaking market research to understand capability in machine translation, language processing and multilingual content support, to improve the accessibility, consistency and efficiency of our citizen communications.

The purpose of this engagement is to:

Understand market capabilities
Explore emerging translation technologies
Assess approaches to data security and privacy
Identify products suitable for short Proof of Concepts (“PoCs”)
Inform future procurement strategies and requirements

For further information and details on how to respond to this RFI, please refer to the attachment.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

30 January 2026


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes