Official UK procurement notice
Language Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of Language Services for use by Central Government and UK public sector bodies.
Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
CPV: Foreign language translation software development services · Foreign language translation software package · Graphic design services · Interpretation services · Justice services · Music or sound editing software package · Proofreading services · Public-telephone services · Sound recordings · Telephone-answering services · Translation services · Typesetting services · +3 more
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1National Managed Service ProvisionPlanned
The provision of a Managed Service throughout the United Kingdom.
The scope of this Lot will enable Contracting Authorities to select one or more
services within the remit of the Lot to be delivered by a single Supplier on a
national scale.
The Services will include:
- Translation Services
- Transcription Service
- Telephone Interpretation Services
- Video Interpretation Services (Spoken and Visual)
- Face to Face Interpretation (Spoken and Visual)
Lot #2Translation & Ancillary ServicesPlanned
The provision of Written Translation and Ancillary Services throughout the United Kingdom.
The scope of this Lot will enable Contracting Authorities to select one or more
services within the remit of this Lot to be delivered by a single supplier on a
national scale.
The Services required will include the Translation of variety of different document types, including but not limited to:
- Advisory / guidance and instruction documents;
- Correspondence and information leaflets;
- Technical, scientific, legal, medical, financial or any other specialist
category;
This lot will require the following, but not limited to, types of translation services:
- Verbatim translations (word for word);
- Artwork, design, illustration and typesetting;
- Proofreading;
- Multimedia and e-learning;
- Campaign collateral;
- Website localisation;
- Software localisation.
The Supplier will be required to deliver the above using human and/or technological solutions.
Lot #3Transcription ServicesPlanned
The provision of Transcription Services throughout the United Kingdom.
The scope of this Lot will enable Contracting Authorities to select one or more
services within the remit of this Lot to be delivered by a single supplier on a
national scale.
The Services required will include the Transcription of audio and video content of varying content, including but not limited to:
- Verbatim Transcription (word for word);
- Edited Transcription
- Intelligent Transcription
- Hansard Transcriptions
- Proofreading/Post Editing;
The Supplier will be required to deliver the above using human and/or technological solutions.
Lot #4Visual Interpreting ServicesPlanned
The provision of Visual Interpreting Services throughout the United Kingdom.
The scope of this Lot will enable Contracting Authorities to select one or more
services within the remit of this Lot to be delivered by a single Supplier on a
regional basis.
The Services required will include:
- Face to Face Interpretation
- Video Interpreting
- Translation Services for the Deaf/Deafblind
- Transcription Services for the Deaf/Deafblind
These services are designed to support the communication between Deaf and
Deaf/blind people and others requiring support to access English.
Lot #5Regional Managed ServicesPlanned
The provision of Face to Face Interpreting Services throughout the United Kingdom and Overseas.
The scope of this Lot will enable Contracting Authorities to procure face to face interpreting services to be deployed overseas.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jul 2024, 09:56 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2024, 09:56 BST
- Authority reference
RM6302- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021002- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047c20Find a Tender
Publisher note: This prior information notice replaces the previous PIN issued on the 10/10/2023 https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029869-2023 This Prior Information Notice is updating our scope of requirements from the original PIN issued in May. It also acts as a signal of intention to continue market engagement with those within the language services industry. Crown Commercial Service intends to hold further market engagement sessions during October 2023 onwards with suppliers interested in potentially bidding for this commercial agreement. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please submit your details into the following GoogleForm via this link: https://forms.gle/XufYC5BYJe4j3ojVA We will use this source to invite interested parties to our market engagement sessions and notify them of our intention to release our Invitation to Tender. If you are having any access issues you can email [email protected]. If the latter you must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details (email and telephone number) for the individual(s) who will participate in the market engagement. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years. The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6302 and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0c19cddd-2bb9-4269-bdc8-88b154dad73c
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Jul 2024 → 21 Aug 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published10 Jul 2024, 09:56 BST
- Tender notice expected21 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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