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Published 4 Dec 2024, 10:22 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Translation and Interpretation Services

Official notice

Authority: Ashford Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Published estimate£460,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 Jan 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

  • Recurrence: At the expiry of the contract.

CPV: Interpretation services · Translation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery: South East
Extensions: Initial term of 4 years with possible 1 year extensionVariant bids: not allowed
79540000 Interpretation services

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
Closed
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
Yes · At the expiry of the contract.
First published
4 Dec 2024, 10:22 GMT
Last source update
4 Dec 2024, 10:22 GMT
Award evaluation window
17 Jan 2025 – …
Authority reference
INTERPRETATION/24/2
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039006
Classification (CPV)
Interpretation servicesTranslation services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c211 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/ ↗

Submission deadline
17 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
17 Jan 2025, 10:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk ↗

Timeline

4 Dec 2024 → 17 Jan 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    4 Dec 2024, 10:22 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    17 Jan 2025, 10:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    17 Jan 2025, 10:01 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ashford Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, ASHFORD, South East, TN231PLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria