Official UK procurement notice
ID3065154 NICS Written Translation and Transcription Services Irish Language
Authority: Department for Communities (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConstruction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) on behalf of Department for Communities (DfC) and wider Northern Ireland Public sector, invites appropriate Contractors to tender for the provision of Written Translation and Transcription Services. The requirement will be for Irish language. It is envisaged that a maximum of three Suppliers will be allocated to the framework on a ranked basis.. All Tenderers are invited to attend an information session which will be held at 12.30pm on 12 February 2021. With the current restrictions due to Covid-19, a Webex-based online meeting will be used. This session will provide information on how to register on eTendersNI (If you have not already done so) information about the Central Translation Hub, Irish translation required and evaluation model. Ideally any questions should be submitted prior to the session so they can be addressed. To register your attendance at this session, please provide the names of attendees and email addresses via the messaging facility on eTendersNI by no later than 3pm 10 February 2021. If you are not registered on eTendersNI the message should be directed to [email protected] and contain the tender reference i.e. ID3065154
- Recurrence: 2024
CPV: Translation services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
As per Tender documentation
- “ID3065154 NICS Written Translation and Transcription Services Irish…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 2024
- First published
- 29 Jan 2021, 17:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Jan 2021, 17:08 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 3 Mar 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ID3065154- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001880- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028eaeFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of Framework is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: All bodies listed in Annex A of the specification document may avail of the Framework Agreement for their requirements. There is no guarantee or commitment as to the usage, volume, or value of services required under this Framework Agreement or indeed that any subsequent call offs will be made by the agencies under Annex A. NI Public Bodies are not obliged to use the framework. . .. . . . The successful Contractor’s performance on this Framework will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 - Contract Management - Procedures and Principles). Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. . . If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be terminated. A central register of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website.. . Any contractor in receipt of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of three years from the date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy..
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 3 Mar 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 3 Mar 2021, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
29 Jan 2021 → 1 Jun 2021 · 4 dates- Notice published29 Jan 2021, 17:08 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown3 Mar 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened3 Mar 2021, 15:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until1 Jun 2021, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015As amendedReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria