Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-16
Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council
Country: UK
Region: Edinburgh, City of
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30237470 | 72212740 | 79530000 | 79540000
Submission deadline: 2016-05-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The City of Edinburgh and its boundaries, NHS Lothian areas, West, East, Mid, Fife Council areas and Fife NHS areas.
The City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian (and collaborative partners) are looking for suitably qualified providers to provide the the Provision of interpretation, translation and communication support as detailed per lots below:
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The Contractor(s) will provide a comprehensive interpreting service from English into a wide range of spoken languages and from those languages into English or other languages as requested.
Languages (most commonly required) listed at Appendix 1 of the specification)) the list is not exhaustive.
The Contractor(s) will provide a comprehensive interpreting service from English into a wide range of spoken languages and from those languages into English or other languages as requested.
Languages (most commonly required) listed at Appendix 1 of the specification the list is not exhaustive.
For telephone interpreting the Contractor(s) must have the capability to provide 3 way conversations, i.e. to provide the means of 3 persons at 3 different locations to converse.
Supply of translations in a range of language and formats — type of translations to include technical and medical reports, council letters and extracts from council and medical information leaflets.
The Contractor(s) will provide a comprehensive translation service from English into a wide range of languages and those languages into English or other languages as requested. (Appendix 1 of the specification (commonly required languages — the list is not exhaustive)).
Providing British Sign Language (BSL), lip reading, deaf blind communication interpretation to service users for example via the following locations:
The Contractor(s) will supply BSL qualified Interpreters and alternative communication Interpreters in support of deaf and deaf/blind customers for face to face appointments.
The Contractor(s) will ensure that the interpreter provided will be available from the assigned start time of the appointment to the end time.

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