Contracts Finder notice
AfC Translation and Interpreting Services
Authority: The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAfC are seeking to award contracts for the provision of Translation and Interpreting Services to secure language services for children, young people and families' services across Operational Area 1, Kingston and Richmond.\\r\r
AfC will seek to award contracts in the form of separate lots. Tenderers may bid for one or both lots and are required to submit bespoke responses and pricing for each lot they are applying for. The delivery of Translation and Interpreting Services, will include:\\r\r
Lot 1 - Face to Face Interpreting and Translation including BSL\\r\r
Lot 2 - Virtual Interpreting\\r\r
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Achieving for Children is using an Open Procedure for this procurement of services categorised as 'social and other specific services' under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('PCR 2015'). This procurement exercise will therefore be subject to the Light Touch Regime ('LTR') under Regulations 74 to 77 as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.\\r\r
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The initial contract period is for 24 months (2 years) from 1st March 2024 - 31st April 2027, with an option to extend for a further period of up to 12 months. The overall contract term is therefore for 36 months (3 years).
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Buyer reference
- LBKING001-DN706767-80595960
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Published tender value
- £480,000.00
- Tender deadline
- Published
- Procurement method
- Open
- Tender contract period: Start date
- Tender contract period: End date
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
England, United Kingdom; North East, United Kingdom; North West, United Kingdom; Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom; East Midlands, United Kingdom; West Midlands, United Kingdom; East of England, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom; South East, United Kingdom; South West, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Notice published23 Feb 2024
- Award decision30 Sept 2024
- Contract starts1 Oct 2024
- Contract ends30 Sept 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- THEBIGWORD INTERPRETING SERVICES LIMITEDSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-1520f759-97b2-4a2c-a3ea-dd1f6d1f7591-2024-10-04T09:43:31+01:00
- Published
- 23 Feb 2024
- Latest update
- 4 Oct 2024
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-1520f759-97b2-4a2c-a3ea-dd1f6d1f7591
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-1520f759-97b2-4a2c-a3ea-dd1f6d1f7591-2