Published date: 7 May 2021
This notice was replaced on 5 January 2022
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Awarded contract (published 5 January 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Other community, social and personal services - 98000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£1 to £200,000
Procurement reference
KENT001-DN542533-73553235
Published date
7 May 2021
Closing date
7 June 2021
Closing time
1pm
Contract start date
2 August 2021
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 and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils, Kent & Medway Clinical Commissioning Group and 289 parish/town councils.
The Opportunity
The Council has set 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. The framework commenced on 17th June 2019 and will run until 16th June 2023. The framework opens every two months for new tender applications.
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
Expression of Interest and Tender Process
Expressions of Interest will only be accepted via the Kent Business Portal. In order to submit your interest in this opportunity, please select the 'Login and Express an Interest' button located at the bottom of this page. Note: If you have not registered on the portal before, in order to successfully submit your interest you will first need to register for an account. After registration is complete and you have received your login details, you should return to the advert for the opportunity and express your interest. Once you have expressed an interest, you will be emailed an invitation to submit a tender.
Tenders must be received by 12 noon on the 7th June 2021.
The anticipated tendering schedule is as follows:
Invitation to Tender opens - 07/05/2021
Last date for clarification questions - 28/05/2021
Invitation to tender closes - 07/06/2021, 12 noon
Evaluation - week commencing 07/06/2021
Anticipated contract start date - 02/08/2021
More information
Links
About the buyer
Contact name
Katherine Clark
Address
County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 3000411290
Website
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