Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Translation and Interpretation Service
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE31)
Awarded value£600,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 4 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Supreme Linguistic Services T/A Premium Linguistic Services
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) has awarded a contract with a single provider Premium Linguistics Services under Lot 1 of the ESPO Framework 402_24 to deliver a fully managed, high quality, timely and accessible end-to-end language services solution.
CPV: Interpretation services · Translation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Mar 2026, 11:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Mar 2026, 11:02 GMT
- Authority reference
ESPO 402_24- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-019804- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0662c9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Mini competition via ESPO Language services framework 402_24
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £600,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Linguistic Services T/A Premium Linguistic Services | £600,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of a Translation and Interpretation Service · Supreme Linguistic Services T/A Premium Linguistic Services
- Signed
- 4 Mar 2026
- Value
- £600,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Supreme Linguistic Services T/A Premium Linguistic ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.