Published date: 28 June 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 9 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

KENT001-DN401595-64095489

Published date

28 June 2019

Closing date

9 April 2019

Contract start date

17 June 2019

Contract end date

16 June 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Background
Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest county council in England covering an area of 3,500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of over £900m on goods and services and a population of 1.3m. The Council provides a wide range of personal ad strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils, 7 clinical commissioning groups and 289 parish/town councils.
The Opportunity
The Council is setting up a Framework for Interpreting and Communication Services for People who are d/Deaf and Deafblind to allow the Council to buy communication services from a list of approved providers who meet a certain set of minimum standards.
Approved providers will then be able to bid to deliver Communication Services. The services which will be commissioned under the Framework will fall into one of the following disciplines. Applicants may apply to join the Framework within one of more of these disciplines (please download the Invitation to Tender for a list of the sub-lotting structure):
Lot 1 - Face-to-face Interpreting Services (Verbal)
Lot 2 - Face-to-face Interpreting Services (Non-Verbal)
Lot 3 - Transcription
Lot 4 - Lip Speakers
Lot 5 - Speech to Text Reporters
Lot 6 - Deaf Relay
Lot 7 - Translation
Lot 8 - Video Interpreting Services
Lot 9 - Other Sign Language Interpreting from an International Range of Languages
Lot 10 - Trainee Interpreters
Lot 11 - Out of Hours Agency

Expression of Interest and Tender Process
Expressions of Interest will only be accepted via the Kent Business Portal - www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk
Tenders must be received by 12 noon on the 9th May 2019.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Interpreting and Communication Services for People who are d/Deaf and Deafblind

  • Opportunity
  • Published 7 April 2019

Award information

Awarded date

11 June 2019

Contract start date

29 October 2019

Contract end date

16 June 2023

Total value of contract

£200,000

This contract was awarded to 22 suppliers.

Vivian Anderson

Address

CT2

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Topp Language Solutions

Address

LS7 4NY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Clarion Interpreting Limited

Address

SG8 7RG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Interpreting Matters Ltd

Address

CT5 3RH

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Hannah Wells

Address

ME20

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Loquessa Smart

Address

CT14

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

ForEverGreen Care

Address

me2 4nn

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

Ian Connelly

Address

DA12

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

Involve Visual Collaboration

Address

WA5 7WH

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

appa me ltd

Address

SE10 9BJ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Louise Bodycombe

Address

ME8

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

Ai-Media

Address

SE1 2HB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Ruth Evans

Address

CT14

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Nancy Went

Address

CT7

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Nicola Adams

Address

CT6

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

SIGNLIVE LTD

Address

EH3 9QA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Maria Parker Interpreting Limited

Address

ME13

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Sign Solutions

Address

B30 2SU

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Susanne Canham Interpreting

Address

ME20

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD)

Address

CO4 3ZL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

Significan't (UK) Limited

Address

SE3 9RD

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Remark!

Address

EC1N 7SU

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Katherine Clark

Address

County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 3000411290

Email

katherine.clark@kent.gov.uk

Website

http://www.kent.gov.uk