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Published 30 Jan 2025, 18:51 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Interpretation Services - Deaf Blind and Dual Sensory

Official notice

Authority: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£132,000exc. VAT19.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 3 Mar 2025awarded 30 Sept 2025
Awarded to Remark! Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supply of Interpretation Services including Deaf Blind and Dual Sensory

CPV: Interpretation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (The Authority) is contracting a single…Awarded

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (The Authority) is contracting a single Supplier to provide Interpreting services for deaf, blind, deaf-blind people, lip-speakers, note-takers, Speech-to-text, Deaf Relay and sign language interpreters across its facilities in Berkshire.

Delivery: South East · UKJ
Extensions: 2 x 12 month extension (maximum duration 4 years)Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Capability/ Technical Criterion: 60%
  • Commercial Pricing: 30%
  • Corporate Responsibility and Social Value Creation: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Capability/ Technical Criterion: 60
  • Corporate Responsibility and Social Value Creation: 10
  • Commercial Pricing: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
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
30 Jan 2025, 18:51 GMT
Last source update
8 Oct 2025, 11:46 BST
Award evaluation window
3 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
PR BHFT 0497
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063216
Classification (CPV)
Interpretation services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d78f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
3 Mar 2025
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
3 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Mar 2025 → 8 Oct 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    3 Mar 2025
  2. Bids opened
    3 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published383 days ago
    8 Oct 2025, 11:46 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Oct 2025, 11:46 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £158,2611 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Remark! LtdSME£158,261 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 063216-2025-1 · Remark! LtdSME

    Signed
    30 Sept 2025
    Value
    £158,261
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth London House, London Road, Bracknell, South East, RG12 2UTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London
  • The High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Remark! LtdAwarded supplier07246931 18 Leather Lane London, London, London, EC1N 7SUContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria