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# Interpretation and Translation Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/interpretation-and-translation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04de5b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cumberland Council: "Interpretation and Translation Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cumberland Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cumberland-council-ons-e06000063)
- **Published Value:** £400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 March 2025 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Interpretation services, Translation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04de5b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/interpretation-and-translation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04de5b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Db1d1f66d-5fe5-ef11-8134-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/interpretation-and-translation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04de5b#participate

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £400,000
- **Description:** 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
spe...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2025 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 012090-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **D A Languages Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-17971`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 012090-2025-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 30/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012090-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-31T15:29:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T06:31:16.091Z
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