Published date: 31 October 2019

Last edited date: 31 October 2019

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: 30 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

ROTHMBC001-DN201832-49892745

Published date

31 October 2019

Closing date

30 November 2019

Contract start date

9 December 2019

Contract end date

8 December 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

RMBC and its partners require interpretation, translation and alternative formats of communication services.
The languages required include Albanian, Arabic, British Sign Language, Mandarin, Czech, Farsi, Hungarian, Kurdish, Lingala, Lithuanian, and Mirpur dialect, Oromo, Polish, Punjabi, Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Somali and Urdu.
Rotherham also has a large number of disabled people in the Borough, many of whom have a range of communication access needs. These include the provision of information in Large Print, on Audio Tape, Braille, and interpretation in British Sign Language (and other communication methods used by Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf Blind People). We also provide information in Easy Read for people with learning Disability/Difficulty/ and low levels of literacy.
The Council are looking to identify a single service provider for each of the five service areas outlined below (telephone interpretation, face to face interpretation, accessible formats, translation and alternative formats) on a framework agreement basis, in a timely, cost-effective way.

The services provided must meet the highest standards of quality based on both the needs of the customer and the Council.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

16-075 Translations & Interpretation Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 31 October 2019

About the buyer

Contact name

Yvonne Dutton

Address

Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE
England

Telephone

+44 1709334165

Email

yvonne.dutton@rotherham.gov.uk

Website

http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/