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# Provision of Professional Interpreting and Translation Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-professional-interpreting-and-translation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06f32b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: "Provision of Professional Interpreting and Translation Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £2,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kettering-general-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rnq)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 October 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Interpretation services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI, UKI45, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-professional-interpreting-and-translation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06f32b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f32b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-professional-interpreting-and-translation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06f32b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-1928.my.salesforce.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-professional-interpreting-and-translation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06f32b#participate

## Description
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a single supplier to provide a comprehensive, high-quality Interpretation and Translation Service across all Trust sites, including King's College Hospital (Denmark Hill), Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH), Orpington Hospital, Beckenham Beacon, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup and associated community locations. The service is intended to support safe, equitable and patient-centred care by enabling effective communication between patients, carers, families and healthcare professionals.
The scope includes the provision of face-to-face, telephone, video and interpreting services, together with British Sign Language (BSL) and other non-spoken language support services. The provider will also be required to deliver written translation services for clinical and non-clinical documents, accessible formats such as Braille and Easy Read, and a secure technology-enabled booking, reporting and management platform.
The service must operate across a diverse patient population representing more than 80 languages and support both planned and urgent care pathways. The successful provider will be expected to deliver a responsive, scalable and innovative service model that complies with NHS information governance, safeguarding, accessibility and equality requirements, whilst incorporating appropriate human oversight for AI-enabled solutions.
The Contracting Authority intends to award a single-provider contract to ensure consistent service delivery, quality assurance, governance, performance reporting and patient experience across the Trust.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79540000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI, UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 04/01/2027 to 03/01/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F084260-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-07T09:50:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T13:53:58.288Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f32b