Official UK procurement notice
Translation and Interpretation Services
Authority: Ashford Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionINTERPRETATION/24/1 Ashford Borough Council is looking to procure a supplier to provide Interpretation and Translation Services as required by the Housing Service for clients who English is not their first language. This may be working with individuals, families or larger groups and maybe working directly with members of the Housing Service (or other Services within the council) or partner agencies as required.
CPV: Interpretation services · Translation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£460,000
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Mar 2024, 17:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2024, 22:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Apr 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN717597- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-022945- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044e94Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 29 Apr 2024, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 29 Apr 2024, 10:01 BST
Timeline
29 Apr 2024 → 23 Jul 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline29 Apr 2024, 10:00 BST
- Bids opened29 Apr 2024, 10:01 BST
- Notice published23 Jul 2024, 22:35 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Jul 2024, 22:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Word360 LtdSME | £46,138 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Translation and Interpretation Services · Word360 LtdSME
- Signed
- 23 Jul 2024
- Value
- £46,138
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Word360 LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria