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AfC Translation and Interpreting Services

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
North East
Delivery: North East, United Kingdom
Contract value
£480,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
26 March 2024
Published
4 October 2024

Procurement

Contract period
30 April 2025 - 1 May 2027
2 years
Contract review date
1 July 2026
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 98000000 Other community, social and personal services

What happened

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames awarded this contract to THEBIGWORD INTERPRETING SERVICES LIMITED worth £690,000 on 30 Sept 2024. The contract runs until 1 May 2027.

Description

AfC are seeking to award contracts for the provision of Translation and Interpreting Services to secure language services for children, young people and families' services across Operational Area 1, Kingston and Richmond.\\r\r

AfC will seek to award contracts in the form of separate lots. Tenderers may bid for one or both lots and are required to submit bespoke responses and pricing for each lot they are applying for. The delivery of Translation and Interpreting Services, will include:\\r\r

Lot 1 - Face to Face Interpreting and Translation including BSL\\r\r

Lot 2 - Virtual Interpreting\\r\r

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Achieving for Children is using an Open Procedure for this procurement of services categorised as 'social and other specific services' under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('PCR 2015'). This procurement exercise will therefore be subject to the Light Touch Regime ('LTR') under Regulations 74 to 77 as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.\\r\r

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The initial contract period is for 24 months (2 years) from 1st March 2024 - 31st April 2027, with an option to extend for a further period of up to 12 months. The overall contract term is therefore for 36 months (3 years).

Additional information

1 extension option(s) available, 0 taken; up to 12 months in total

Option: 12 months, from 2026-10-01, to 2027-09-30, After end of initial 2 year period

Awarded supplier

Supplier
THEBIGWORD INTERPRETING SERVICES LIMITED
Award value
£690,000
Award date
30 September 2024

Contact

Address
42 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BW
Contact name
Mr Jabed Hussain

Identifiers

Buyer reference
LBKING001-DN706767-80595960
Notice ID
dff12637-0fa4-48ad-85d0-d5f71ced2f70-791003
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-1520f759-97b2-4a2c-a3ea-dd1f6d1f7591

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