Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-03-15
Buyer: NHS Shared Business Services
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 79530000 | 79540000
Estimated value: 20000000 GBP

Technical requirements: NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) wishes to establish a framework agreement of suppliers for the provision of interpretation and translation services to the public sector, including but not limited to; (I) spoken language (face-to-face) (II) British sign language (BSL) (III) telephone interpretation (IV) document translation (V) video interpretation (VI) interpretation and translation managed service.
We are currently engaging with key stakeholders and the market to establish how best to create this framework to meet our customer's needs for the 4 years ahead.
We envisage using the following Lot(s), although these may change based on our engagement with the market and stakeholders.
(I) spoken language (face-to-face) (II) British sign language (BSL) (III) telephone interpretation (IV) document translation (V) video interpretation (VI) interpretation and translation managed service.
The Award date in II.6) refers to the end date of the PIN and not the award of the framework agreement. We envisage that the tender will be published between June and August 2016, with the award taking place before the framework launches on the 1.11.2016. This dates are liable to change.
This is a Prior Information Notice and at this stage we are reaching out to the market for further engagement.
The value provided in Section II.1.4) is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to successful suppliers any business through this framework agreement. Spend and volumes may vary throughout the life of the framework agreement from the anticipated levels given in this notice.
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for use by the following UK, Isle of Man and Scottish bodies (and any future successors to these organisations) subject to the approval of NHS SBS:
Public sector bodies, including any statutory and other successor organisations to any of the foregoing and in addition any other commissioners (whether alone or jointly with any other organisation), providers and regulators of NHS funded (either in whole or in part) services including practice based commissioning consortia, general practice commissioning consortia, the National Commissioning Board (and all sub national offices including anybody obtaining new membership to NHS Shared Business Services Ltd).
This includes but is not limited to the following NHS Trusts: 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Alder Hey Children‘s NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, East Cheshire NHS Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, East London NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Mersey Care NHS Trust, NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG, NHS Blackpool CCG, NHS Brent CCG, NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG, NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG, NHS Cumbria CCG, NHS Darlington CCG, NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG, NHS Ealing CCG, NHS East Lancashire CCG, NHS England, NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG, NHS Gateshead CCG, NHS Greater Manchester CSU, NHS Greater Preston CCG, NHS Harrow CCG, NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG, NHS Hillingdon CCG, NHS Hounslow CCG, NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG, NHS Lancashire CSU, NHS Lancashire North CCG, NHS Newcastle North and East CCG, NHS Newcastle West CCG, NHS North Durham CCG, NHS North of England CSU, NHS North Tyneside CCG, NHS Northumberland CCG, NHS Staffordshire and Lancashire CSU, NHS South Tees CCG, NHS Sunderland CCG, NHS West Lancashire CCG, NHS West London CCG, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Plymouth Community Healthcare, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent Partnership NHS Trust, Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
In addition the following public sector bodies will be able to use the Framework subject to the approval of NHS SBS:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/na-classification/national-accounts-sector-classification/classification-update--may-2014/public-sector-classification-guide---may-2014.xls
Special Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx
Arms Length Bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arms-length-bodies/our-arms-length-bodies
The NHS Commissioning Board and other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services and GP consortia which will be responsible for commissioning most aspects of NHS care (or equivalent body/bodies established pursuant to legislation enacted as a result of, or in connection with, the White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS published July 2010.