Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Health and Social Care Communication Support Service in Northern Ireland, for People who are Deaf, deafblind and Hard of Hearing
Authority: Procurement and Logistics Service
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Health, Northern Ireland, plan to appoint a single provider to deliver a Communication Support Services to allow communication between Deaf, deafblind and Hard of Hearing people and hearing people, in attendance, or via video conferencing settings. The Provider shall provide the following Services:
- BSL/ISL Sign Language Interpreters (Face to Face)
- BSL/ISL Sign Language Interpreters (Remote: Video Relay Interpreting and Video Interpretation)
- BSL/ISL Deaf Intralingual Interpreters (Relay Interpreters)
- BSL/ISL Translators
- Interpreters for deafblind people
- Lip speakers
- Note takers
- Speech to Text Reporting Given the growing presence of ethnic minorities with different language needs there is an expectation that the provider will provide a service that responds to the specific needs of all Service Users, including language provision for those for whom BSL or ISL is not a native language.
- How the procedure runs: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do
CPV: Interpretation services · Translation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£5,000,000
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).
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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).
Most Economically Advantageous Tender
- Shortlisting
- See Tender Documents as www.etendersni.gov.uk
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Sept 2022, 15:47 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2023, 10:59 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009420- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036b1aFind a Tender
- How it runs
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
See Tender Documents as www.etendersni.gov.uk ↗
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Oct 2022 → 31 Mar 2023 · 2 dates- Submission deadline26 Oct 2022, 15:00 BST
- Notice published31 Mar 2023, 10:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete31 Mar 2023, 10:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hands That Talk, Sign Language Interactions Limitedjoint awardContract | £5,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Hands That Talk, Sign Language Interactions Limited
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2023
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department of Health Northern Ireland, Strategic Planning and Performance GroupReview body
- The Procurement and Logistics ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Hands That TalkAwarded supplier
- SIGN LANGUAGE INTERACTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.