Invitation to Quote for an Interpretation and Translation Service for Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing People in Shropshire

2024-12-02

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Published date: 2 December 2024

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.

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Contract summary

Industry

Translation services - 79530000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£43,500

Procurement reference

AQCV 026

Published date

2 December 2024

Closing date

23 December 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

What is a 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
• An out of hours and emergency message service and
• To coordinate this provision, via a comprehensive booking service
using both in-house and freelance Communication Professionals.

The contract will be effective from 1st April 2025 and will be for a period of 3 years.
Contract payments will be fixed at £14,500 per annum
Any additional cost not set out in the contract will be paid with prior discussion and agreement from the Council, at a half hourly rate.

More information

Attachments: AQCV 026 - Invitation to Quote.docx

Tender notice

Invitation to Quote document

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ness Hicken

Address

Shirehall
Shrewsbury
SY2 6ND
England

Email

ness.hicken@shropshire.gov.uk

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