Published date: 1 September 2023

This notice was replaced on 1 September 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 1 September 2023, last edited 1 September 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Interpretation services - 79540000

Location of contract

S4 7UQ

Value of contract

£0 to £400,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-1826000D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

1 September 2023

Closing date

3 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

4 December 2023

Contract end date

3 December 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative on behalf of NHS Procurement in Partnership (Comprising of East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement hub, NHS Commercial Solutions, NHS London Procurement partnership and NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative) are seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Language Services for use by the NHS, Central Government and UK public sector bodies.

The Framework Agreement will provide the supply of language services to support delivery, either individually or as groups, to service users who speak, communicate, or read languages other than English.

The Framework will be divided into the following lots:

Lot 1a - Managed Services All other Regions
Lot 1b - Managed Services - London, South East Regions
Lot 2a - Face to Face Interpretation - All other Regions
Lot 2b - Face to Face Interpretation - London, South East Regions
Lot 3 - Telephone Interpretation - All Regions
Lot 4 - Video Interpretation (Spoken) - All Regions
Lot 5a - Non-Spoken Language Interpretation - All other Regions
Lot 5b - Non-Spoken Language Video Interpretation - London, South East Regions
Lot 6 - Written Translation Transcription & Ancillary Services - All Regions

This procurement exercise will be conducted on the Atamis Health Family Single eCommercial System at: https://health-family.force.com/login

For any support in submitting your response please contact the Atamis helpdesk on 0800 995 6035 or email support-health@atamis.co.uk


More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Tracey Name

Address

Don Valley House
Sheffield
S4 7UQ
GB

Email

procurement@noecpc.nhs.uk