Official UK procurement notice
Y23031 - Language Services
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Framework Agreement will enable Customers to facilitate communication between individuals, or groups of people, who either do not speak the same language, or have a degree of hearing loss, and also for Customers who wish to translate written material from one language to another or transcribe written material into an alternative format, Services may include, but are not limitedto:
- Audio transcription
- Braille transcription
- Business translation
- Conference interpretation
- Document translation
- Face to face interpretation (spoken and non-spoken, including BSL)
- Legal translation
- Medical interpretation
- Medical translation
- Telephone interpretation
- Video interpretation (spoken and non-spoken)
- Website translation
CPV: Translation services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 16 bids received · 11 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£20,000,000
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 sub-criteria (6)
- Delivering the Framework Agreement: 20%
- Delivering the Service and Account Management: 30%
- Standards, Regulations and Policies: 10%
- Interpretation: 15%
- Translation/Transcription: 15%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Delivering the Framework Agreement: 20
- Delivering the Service and Account Management: 30
- Standards, Regulations and Policies: 10
- Social Value: 10
- Interpretation: 15
- Translation/Transcription: 15
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Y23031 - Language Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Aug 2023, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2024, 14:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Oct 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008842- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ef3cFind a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=841752884" target="_blank">https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=841752884</a> GO Reference: GO-2024313-PRO-25489200
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Oct 2023, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 1440 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 9 Oct 2023, 14:15 BST
Timeline
9 Oct 2023 → 19 Mar 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Oct 2023, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened9 Oct 2023, 14:15 BST
- Notice published19 Mar 2024, 14:05 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2024- Status changed to complete13 Mar 2024, 14:05 GMT
- Buyer details updated13 Mar 2024, 14:05 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Textvalue excluding VAT · II.1.5 | £20,000,000 | £100,000,000 | |
| — | Textvalue excluding VAT · V.2.4 | £20,000,000 | £100,000,000 |
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. All public bodies will have access to this Framework Agreement with the agreement of the Contracting Authority. Those organisations who may wish to access this…
To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=850304870" target="_blank">https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=850304870</a> GO Reference: GO-2024319-PRO-25538324
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2023-08: 1 release · 11 Aug 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 008041-2024-2
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 008041-2024-Y23031-1
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Framework Agreement will enable Customers to facilitate communication between… | 16bids · 16 electronic | 14 | — | £1 – £20,000,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1 – £20,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Commercial ServicesMediation body
- Commercial Services Kent LimitedReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
11 commercial parties on the notice- AA Global Language Services LtdFramework contractor
- DCVS Trading Ltd (t/a Herts Interpreting & Translation Service)Framework contractor
- Global Voices LimitedFramework contractor
- Intertranslations SAFramework contractor
- Language Line SolutionsFramework contractor
- Migrant Help Trading Limited (t/a Clear Voice Interpreting Services)Framework contractor
- ONCALL Interpreters LtdFramework contractor
- PAB Languages Centre LtdFramework contractor
- Papillon Translations LtdFramework contractor
- Transcription City LtdFramework contractor
- Translate UK LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.