Expired contract

Credit Referencing Services

Details

Supplier(s)
Equifax Ltd
Value
£273,780
Duration
1 year
Topic
Financial and insurance services
Published
30 April 2024

Tender description

The provision of Analytical Data Solutions Credit Referencing and Tracing Services for HMCTS, LAA, CCMD Commercial, OPG and CICA. The purpose of this contract for: - HMCTS is to provide additional intelligence, through which to trace parties and enable enforcement of court orders, collect monies across criminal, civil and family jurisdictions. - Legal Aid Agency is to provide a credit check service for the civil and criminal proceedings funding, to determine client's/ debtor's ability to repay an outstanding liability which has been deemed repayable following the public funding received in relation to the proceedings. A tracing service is also required to locate clients/ debtors trying to evade repayment. - MOJ CCMD is to help mitigate against any legal or commercial risk in particular to financial viability of existing or potential suppliers. This enables MOJ to procure great services and goods at competitive prices that offer value for money and help to deliver the frontline justice services that protect the public, reduce reoffending, and provide citizens with swift access to justice. - OPG is to utilise address data, confirm customer bereavement data, and financial data to support OPG operational business. - CICA to trace applicants who have moved away from their last known address and are no longer contactable on any email or phone number held by CICA. This will enable CICA to establish contact and pay the retained award of compensation due to applicants.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 April 2024
  2. Completed: Award published30 April 2024
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2025

About the buyer

The Ministry of Justice is a central government ministerial department with its own Commercial Standards team providing procurement guidance. Procurement now follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. Higher-value contracts appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value opportunities. Suppliers register and bid through the MOJ Sourcing Portal, the department's e-procurement platform. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service and the Legal Aid Agency are the department's main delivery bodies.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Justice's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and public administration and defence.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 66000000 · Financial and insurance services
  • 66122000 · Corporate finance and venture capital services

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