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Published 15 May 2023, 11:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Language Services

Official notice

Authority: North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) (hosted by and acting through Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.) (NHS & healthcare)

5 lotsServices
Planned pipeline value£125,000,000total for 5 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2023from the planned procurement notice
Lots 5see the lot list below

What is being bought5 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative known as the Authority, on behalf of NHS Procurement in Partnership (four NHS Collaborative Procurement Hubs) East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub; NHS London Procurement Partnership; NHS Commercial Solutions; North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative intends to put in place an agreement for the Provision of Language Services for use by Central Government and UK public sector bodies. The offering will provide the supply of language services to support delivery, either individually or as groups, to service users who speak, communicate, or read languages other than English the agreement will include the following as a minimum: · Face to Face Interpreting · Face to Face Non-spoken Interpreting (including but not limited to) British Sign Language, Foreign Sign Languages, Irish Sign Language, Lipspeaking, Sign Supported English.· Telephone Interpreting · Video Interpreting · Written Translation Transcription & Ancillary Services (including but not limited to) Braille, Easy Read, Large Print, Audio, Video and Pictorial English. Any lotting structure of this will be determined as a result of the market engagement. Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.

CPV: Interpretation services

Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure

5 lots · no lot values published
Lot #16. Lot 1Planned

Face to Face Interpreting. Additional information: The lotting structure of this offering will be determined as a result of the market engagement.

Delivery: UK
Lot #27. Lot 2Planned

Face to Face Non-spoken Interpreting (including but not limited to) British Sign Language, Foreign Sign Languages, Irish Sign Language, Lipspeaking, Sign Supported English. Additional information: The lotting structure of this offering will be determined as a result of the market engagement.

Delivery: UK
Lot #38. Lot 3Planned

Telephone Interpreting. Additional information: The lotting structure of this offering will be determined as a result of the market engagement.

Delivery: UK
Lot #49. Lot 4Planned

Video Interpreting

Delivery: UK
Lot #510. Lot 5Planned

Written Translation Transcription & Ancillary Services (including but not limited to) Braille, Easy Read, Large Print, Audio, Video and Pictorial English. Additional information: The lotting structure of this offering will be determined as a result of the market engagement.

Delivery: UK

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
15 May 2023, 11:17 BST
Last source update
1 Jun 2023, 15:09 BST
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015588
Classification (CPV)
Interpretation services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c8ac Find a Tender

Publisher note: NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, on behalf of NHS Procurement in Partnership (four NHS Collaborative Procurement Hubs) is utilising e-tendering to manage this project for both pre-procurement / marketplace engagement communication and activity with Suppliers as well as any tender process which may follow this early engagement. NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative reserves the right to use an electronic auction and the e-Sourcing system we will use is Atamis. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Suppliers and all communications with exception of the Engagement and Information Exercise Questionnaire will be conducted via Atamis. Any resulting procurement documentation will be published on the same procurement portal to ensure minimal supplier registration. The Engagement and Information Exercise Questionnaire will be managed through a Smart Survey and can be completed via this link (https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/preview/60XH1O/2D8F9A66A4328C6752B4B18E635E87). The closing time and date for the return of your responses are 12.00pm on 31 May 2023. <br/><br/>Responses received after this date may be considered at NHS PiP discretion. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest and participation. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over [4 years].<br/><br/>The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the website page [insert the link to the procurements website page] for updates and monitor Tenders Electronic Daily for the publication of the OJEU contract notice.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified

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

Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Jun 2023 → 1 Sept 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    1 Jun 2023, 15:09 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1)

NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, on behalf of NHS Procurement in Partnership (four NHS Collaborative Procurement Hubs) is utilising e-tendering to manage this project for both pre-procurement / marketplace engagement communication and activity with Suppliers as well as any tender process which may follow this early engagement. NHS North of England Commercial Procurement C…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) (hosted by and acting through Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.)

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Don Valley House, Savile Street East, Sheffield, UK, S4 7UQContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.