Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-28
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32232000 | 32353000 | 48521000 | 48740000 | 64211000
Estimated value: 150000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-10-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service (CCS), as the authority, is seeking to establish a framework contract with multiple suppliers for the provision of language services including translation, transcription and ancillary services, telephone and video interpreting services, non spoken and spoken face to face interpreting services and a quality assurance service, for use by the UK Public Sector Buyers identified at VI.3).
The services within the scope of this framework have been divided into 6 lots, with lots 4 and 5 being broken down into regional sub-lots:
* Please note, lots 4a-4l provide UK regional coverage and lots 5a-5m provide UK and overseas coverage.
In order to ensure that the competition is not distorted, bidders will not be awarded a framework contract for lot 6 and any other lot (lots 1 to 5).
If a bidder submit a bid for lot 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, and lot 6, they will be required to inform CCS of their preference should they be successful in this competition.
The provision of a managed service throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
This provision will enable one, some or all services to be called off which will be delivered via a supplier awarded onto lot 1. Suppliers must provide a tailored solution that covers advisory services, administrative support and efficient business processes through the delivery of the buyers language service requirements.
The supplier must be able to provide all the mandatory requirements set out in section 3 and the services described in Appendix 1 of Attachment 1a - Framework Schedule 1 (Specification).
The framework term will be for 36 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the discretion of CCS.
A framework contract will be awarded to 6 bidders for this lot. The maximum number of bidders may increase where 2 or more bidders have tied scores in last position. We also reserve the right to award to any bidder whose final score is within 1 % of the last position of this lot.
The provision of translation, transcription and ancillary services throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
— transcription: the conversion of written documents into alternative formats such as Print, Audio, Video or normal print or vice versa;
Please note this lot will not support any non-spoken elements such as Braille or In-vision British Sign Language (BSL). Please refer to lot 4 for these services.
The supplier must be able to provide all the mandatory requirements set out in Section 3 and the services described in Appendix 2 of Attachment 1a: Framework Schedule 1 (Specification).
The framework term will be for 36 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the discretion of CCS.

Eligibility requirements: Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (implementing the Directive) on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’) registering for access.

Award value: 150000000