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# Translation Services Framework Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/translation-services-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-04c250). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cardiff Metropolitan University: "Translation Services Framework Agreement". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £300,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cardiff Metropolitan University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-metropolitan-university-GB-PPON-PPNB-5569-JLHH)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Interpretation services, Translation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/translation-services-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-04c250#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c250`

## 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/translation-services-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-04c250#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fcardiffmet%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/translation-services-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-04c250#participate

## Description
The University has awarded a Framework Agreement with a small number of suitably skilled and experienced translators to provide high-quality translation and simultaneous interpretation services.
The Framework will cover the supply of the following services:
Lot 1 – Written Translation from English into Welsh
Lot 2 – Simultaneous Interpretation from English into Welsh

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Written Translation from English into Welsh
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** This lot is for the translation of written documents from English into Welsh.
- **Contract Period:** 01/03/2025 to 28/02/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Simultaneous Interpretation from English into Welsh
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79540000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** This lot for the provision of simultaneous interpretation services from English into Welsh.
- **Contract Period:** 01/03/2025 to 28/02/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Multilingual Translation Services
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** This lot is for the provision of multilingual written translation services.
- **Contract Period:** 01/03/2025 to 28/02/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Written Translation from English into Welsh (active)
  - Award id: `052597-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **ATEBOL CYFYNGEDIG, Bilingual Cardiff - Cardiff Council, Bla Translation Ltd (+3 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-155428`, `GB-FTS-129303`, `GB-FTS-171362`, `GB-FTS-159293`, `GB-FTS-129304`, `GB-FTS-51903`
  - Value: £240,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Simultaneous Interpretation from English into Welsh (active)
  - Award id: `052597-2025-2`
  - Supplier(s): **ATEBOL CYFYNGEDIG, Alaw Hughes, Bilingual Cardiff - Cardiff Council (+3 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-155428`, `GB-FTS-159292`, `GB-FTS-129303`, `GB-FTS-155429`, `GB-FTS-159294`, `GB-FTS-51903`
  - Value: £20,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Written Translation from English into Welsh (active)
  - Signed Value: £240,000
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2025

- **Contract:** Simultaneous Interpretation from English into Welsh (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,000
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F052597-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-29T15:30:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T00:04:13.174Z
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