Published date: 10 March 2021

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


Closing: 11 January 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Translation services - 79530000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£12,503,015

Procurement reference

MT222191

Published date

10 March 2021

Closing date

11 January 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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?

Yes

Description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement North East, NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) NHS Sunderland CCG and NHS South Tyneside CCG (the Contracting Authorities) who are commissioning Regional Interpretation and Translation Services for patients of primary care services across the North East region whose first language is not English.The Contract Term will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance, with effect from 01 April 2021.As this is a non-clinical service, the procurement of this service is subject to The European Public Contracts Directive (2014/24/EU) and the tendering process was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Open Procedure, Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR2015) (as amended).Bidders were tested on the capability, capacity and technical competence of their submission in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Contracting Authorities must consider:(a) How, what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract was scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authorities relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders were advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.NECS utilised an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, no hard copy documents were issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bidder submissions, were conducted via the in-tend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsuTender documentation was be available on the e-tendering portal from 07 December 2020.The closing date for submission of tenders was 12:00 noon 11 January 2021.

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Award information

Awarded date

23 February 2021

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Total value of contract

£12,503,015

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Language Empire Limited

Address

, Rochdale

Reference

Companies House number: 05535464

Value of contract

£10,741,625

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Language Empire Limited

Address

, Rochdale

Reference

Companies House number: 05535464

Value of contract

£1,761,390

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Waterfront 4, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
England

Email

NECSU.neprocurement@nhs.net

Website

http://www.necsu.nhs.uk