Published date: 7 April 2019
This notice was replaced on 28 June 2019
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 28 June 2019)
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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
7 April 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.
About the buyer
Contact name
Katherine Clark
Address
County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 3000411290
Website
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