Official UK procurement notice
AT1090 - Translation and Interpretation Services
Authority: Luton Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East of England (UKH21)
Published estimate£1,400,000≈ £467k / year
Submissions closed 4 Jun 2021awarded 28 Jul 2022
Awarded to DA Languages Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2024 · starts 1 Sept 2021
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTranslation & Interpretation Services
CPV: Translation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Translation and Interpretation ServicesAwardedPublished value£1,400,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Quality & Cost: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Quality & Cost: 100
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 May 2021, 15:18 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2022, 14:01 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Jun 2021 – …
- Authority reference
DN540922- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031707- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ace0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 4 Jun 2021, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
4 Jun 2021 → 9 Nov 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline4 Jun 2021, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published9 Nov 2022, 14:01 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete9 Nov 2022, 14:01 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jul 2022
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA Languages Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
AT1090 - Translation and Interpretation Services · DA Languages Limited
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2022
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Aug 2024
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation and Interpretation Services | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | £1 – £1,400,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1 – £1,400,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- HIgh Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DA Languages LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.