Published date: 3 December 2021

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 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Translation services - 79530000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£43,500

Procurement reference

AQNV 050

Published date

3 December 2021

Closing date

23 December 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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
• Twenty-four-hour emergency cover, and
• To coordinate this provision, via a comprehensive booking service using both in-house and freelance Communication Professionals.

Please see the attached quotation document.


About the buyer

Address

ABBEY FOREGATE
SHREWSBURY
SY26ND
England

Email

procurement@shropshire.gov.uk