Official UK procurement notice
Interpretation and Translation Services
Authority: Cumberland Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe council procured Interpretation and Translation Services. As part of its public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010, the council must remove or minimise disadvantages faced by people due to their protected characteristics. Thus, to support non-English-speaking customers, the Authority has a duty to make interpretation and translation services available to them.
The Interpretation and Translation Service shall require the provider to fulfil translation or interpretation assignments for a wide range of languages on a spot purchase basis, at contractually agreed rates per hour/minute/word as appropriate.
The service will be available across Cumberland council footprint and accessible to multiple service areas across the Council, including Children and Family Wellbeing, Adult Social Care and Housing, Public Health and Communities, Business Transformation and Change, Strategy, Policy and Performance and Resources.
The initial period of the contract is 1 year. There is 1 optional extension of 12 months. Use of this optional extension is at the absolute discretion of the Council.
The contract end date on this notice includes these extension periods.
The estimated total value of the Contract Agreement for the 1 year initial term is £200,000 excluding VAT.
The maximum value of the contract including use of the optional extension of 1 year is £400,000 excluding VAT.
CPV: Interpretation services · Translation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1All award criteria are stated in the procurement documents onlyAwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
All award criteria are stated in the procurement documents only.
The Council is conducted the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purpose of procuring the services described in the
specification which can be found within the ITT documents.
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Price: 20
- Quality: 60
- Social Value: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Feb 2025, 18:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2025, 16:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN762678- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012090- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04de5bFind a Tender
Publisher note: The Council is conducting the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR15) for the purpose of procuring the services described in the Specification.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Mar 2025, 10:30 GMT
Timeline
12 Mar 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline12 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened12 Mar 2025, 10:30 GMT
- Notice published31 Mar 2025, 16:29 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete31 Mar 2025, 16:29 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA Languages LimitedSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012090-2025-1 · DA Languages LimitedSME
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All award criteria are stated in the procurement documents only | 20bids · 20 electronic | 20 | — | £200,000 – £400,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £200,000 – £400,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- His Majesty's Court ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- D A Languages LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.