Published date: 2 December 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 23 December 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Translation services - 79530000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£43,500

Procurement reference

AQCV 026

Published date

2 December 2024

Closing date

23 December 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Shropshire Council is seeking a provider who has a good working knowledge of Shropshire, it's health and care system and Voluntary and community sector and is inviting quotations for a 3-year contract to provide Interpretation and sign language services for Deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing people within Shropshire, which will take the form of:

• British sign language/English interpreters
• Deafblind interpreters
• Lipspeakers
• Speech-to-text operators
• Notetakers
• Sight translations of written documents into British sign language
• Translation of written documents into British sign language onto
DVD/digital files
• Telephone interpretations
• An out of hours and emergency message service and
• To coordinate this provision, via a comprehensive booking service
using both in-house and freelance Communication Professionals.

The contract will be effective from 1st April 2025 and will be for a period of 3 years.
Contract payments will be fixed at £14,500 per annum
Any additional cost not set out in the contract will be paid with prior discussion and agreement from the Council, at a half hourly rate.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Ness Hicken

Address

Shirehall
Shrewsbury
SY2 6ND
England

Email

ness.hicken@shropshire.gov.uk