Published date: 2 May 2023
Last edited date: 10 October 2023
This notice was replaced on 21 August 2024
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Opportunity (published 21 August 2024, last edited 25 April 2025)
Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.
Contract summary
Industry
Foreign language translation software package - 48740000
Public-telephone services - 64211000
Foreign language translation software development services - 72212740
System quality assurance assessment and review services - 72225000
Provision of services to the community - 75200000
Translation services - 79530000
Interpretation services - 79540000
Proofreading services - 79821100
Typesetting services - 79822300
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£250,000,000
Procurement reference
RM6302
Published date
2 May 2023
Approach to market date
11 July 2024
Contract start date
21 January 2025
Contract end date
20 January 2028
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of Language Services for use by Central Government and UK public sector bodies.
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2024/2025 | £62,500,000 |
| 2025/2026 | £62,500,000 |
| 2026/2027 | £62,500,000 |
| 2027/2028 | £62,500,000 |
Additional text
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This Prior Information Notice is updating our scope of requirements from the original PIN issued in May. It also acts as a signal of intention to continue market engagement with those within the language services industry.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold further market engagement sessions during October 2023 onwards with suppliers interested in potentially bidding for this commercial agreement. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please submit your details into the following GoogleForm via this link: https://forms.gle/XufYC5BYJe4j3ojVA
We will use this source to invite interested parties to our market engagement sessions and notify them of our intention to release our Invitation to Tender. If you are having any access issues you can email info@crowncommercial.gov.uk. If the latter you must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details (email and telephone number) for the individual(s) who will participate in the market engagement.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is
[https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk]. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
The value is an indicative value over 4 years.
The publication date is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page [https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6302] and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice.
About the buyer
Address
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
England
Telephone
+44 3454102222
supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
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