Official UK procurement notice
Interpreting and Translation services
Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Council and Sandwell Childrens Trust had a requirement for the provision of Interpretation Services to support a range of Client Services including Adults and Childrens Services, Housing, School Admissions, Taxi Licensing and Welfare Rights at various locations throughout the Borough of Sandwell and on occasions outside of the Council boundaries.This service is to be delivered through face to face, telephone and video methods via MS Teams during normal and outside of office hours, weekends and if and when required on Bank Holidays.There is also a requirement for Translation of the written word in the form of a letter, pamphlet or other publications.
CPV: Interpretation services
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · 3 with a published value (£1,200,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Face To FaceAwardedLot estimate not published
Please refer to the ITT documents
Lot #2TelephoneAwardedLot estimate not published
Please refer to the ITT documents
Lot #3VideoAwardedLot estimate not published
Please refer to the ITT documents
Lot #4Written WordAwardedLot estimate not published
Please refer to the ITT documents
Lot #5Face To FaceLot estimate not published
The Council and Sandwell Childrens Trust have a requirement for the provision of Interpretation Services to support a range of Client Services (including Adults & Childrens Services, Housing, School Admissions, Taxi Licensing and Welfare Rights) at various locations throughout the Borough of Sandwell and on occasions outside of the Council boundaries.This service will need to be delivered through face to face, telephone and video methods (via MS Teams) during normal and outside of office hours, weekends and if and when required on Bank Holidays.There is also a requirement for Translation of the written word in the form of a letter, pamphlet or other publications.The contract will commence on 12th April 2021 and will be for a period of 4 years until 31st March 2025.The estimated annual value excluding VAT for the of the contract is £100,000. This value is based on historical spend data and is intended to be used as a guide only and is not a guarantee of the level of business that will be generated from the contract.The Council will be looking to select up to five tenderers to be appointed as the contracted providers of the four lots specified in this document
Lot #6TelephonePublished value£400,000
The Council and Sandwell Childrens Trust have a requirement for the provision of Interpretation Services to support a range of Client Services (including Adults & Childrens Services, Housing, School Admissions, Taxi Licensing and Welfare Rights) at various locations throughout the Borough of Sandwell and on occasions outside of the Council boundaries.This service will need to be delivered through face to face, telephone and video methods (via MS Teams) during normal and outside of office hours, weekends and if and when required on Bank Holidays.There is also a requirement for Translation of the written word in the form of a letter, pamphlet or other publications.The contract will commence on 12th April 2021 and will be for a period of 4 years until 31st March 2025.The estimated annual value excluding VAT for the of the contract is £100,000. This value is based on historical spend data and is intended to be used as a guide only and is not a guarantee of the level of business that will be generated from the contract.The Council will be looking to select up to five tenderers to be appointed as the contracted providers of the four lots specified in this document
Lot #7VideoPublished value£400,000
The Council and Sandwell Childrens Trust have a requirement for the provision of Interpretation Services to support a range of Client Services (including Adults & Childrens Services, Housing, School Admissions, Taxi Licensing and Welfare Rights) at various locations throughout the Borough of Sandwell and on occasions outside of the Council boundaries.This service will need to be delivered through face to face, telephone and video methods (via MS Teams) during normal and outside of office hours, weekends and if and when required on Bank Holidays.There is also a requirement for Translation of the written word in the form of a letter, pamphlet or other publications.The contract will commence on 12th April 2021 and will be for a period of 4 years until 31st March 2025.The estimated annual value excluding VAT for the of the contract is £100,000. This value is based on historical spend data and is intended to be used as a guide only and is not a guarantee of the level of business that will be generated from the contract.The Council will be looking to select up to five tenderers to be appointed as the contracted providers of the four lots specified in this document
Lot #8Written WordPublished value£400,000
The Council and Sandwell Childrens Trust have a requirement for the provision of Interpretation Services to support a range of Client Services (including Adults & Childrens Services, Housing, School Admissions, Taxi Licensing and Welfare Rights) at various locations throughout the Borough of Sandwell and on occasions outside of the Council boundaries.This service will need to be delivered through face to face, telephone and video methods (via MS Teams) during normal and outside of office hours, weekends and if and when required on Bank Holidays.There is also a requirement for Translation of the written word in the form of a letter, pamphlet or other publications.The contract will commence on 12th April 2021 and will be for a period of 4 years until 31st March 2025.The estimated annual value excluding VAT for the of the contract is £100,000. This value is based on historical spend data and is intended to be used as a guide only and is not a guarantee of the level of business that will be generated from the contract.The Council will be looking to select up to five tenderers to be appointed as the contracted providers of the four lots specified in this document
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 40%
- Price: 60%
- Suitability
Please refer to the ITT documents
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the ITT documents
Minimum: Please refer to the ITT documents - Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the ITT documents
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
- 11 Jan 2021, 14:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 May 2021, 10:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Feb 2021 – …
- Authority reference
SMBC 20018- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-011944- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028945Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Feb 2021 → 28 May 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline12 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened12 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Contract starts12 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published28 May 2021, 10:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2021- Status changed to complete28 May 2021, 10:00 BST
- Buyer details updated28 May 2021, 10:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracts
Face TO Face · Absolute Interpreting and Translations LtdSME, Five Star Languages LtdSME, Global Translation Services LimitedSME, Supreme Linguistic Services Ltd t a Premium Linguistic ServicesSME, Word 360 LimitedSME
- Signed
- 19 May 2021
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Video · Absolute Interpreting and Translations LtdSME, Five Star Languages LtdSME, Global Translation Services LimitedSME, Supreme Linguistic Services Ltd t a Premium Linguistic ServicesSME, Word 360 LimitedSME
- Signed
- 19 May 2021
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Written Word · Absolute Interpreting and Translations LtdSME, Five Star Languages LtdSME, Global Translation Services LimitedSME, Supreme Linguistic Services Ltd t a Premium Linguistic ServicesSME, Word 360 LimitedSME
- Signed
- 19 May 2021
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Telephone · Absolute Interpreting and Translations LtdSME, Five Star Languages LtdSME, Global Translation Services LimitedSME, Supreme Linguistic Services Ltd t a Premium Linguistic ServicesSME, Word 360 LimitedSME
- Signed
- 19 May 2021
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Face To Face | 14bids · 14 electronic | 14 | — | — |
| 2 · Telephone | 14bids · 14 electronic | 14 | — | — |
| 3 · Video | 14bids · 14 electronic | 14 | — | — |
| 4 · Written Word | 14bids · 14 electronic | 14 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court EnglandReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
13 commercial parties on the notice- Absolute Interpreting and Translation LtdAwarded supplier
- Absolute Interpreting and Translation LtdAwarded supplier
- Five Star Languages LtdAwarded supplier
- Five Star Languages LtdAwarded supplier
- Global Translation Services LtdAwarded supplier
- Global Translation Services LtdAwarded supplier
- Global Translation Services LtdAwarded supplier
- Supreme Linguistic Services Ltd t a Premium Linguistic ServicesAwarded supplier
- Supreme Linguistic Services Ltd t a Premium Linguistic ServicesAwarded supplier
- Supreme Linguistic Services Ltd t a Premium Linguistic ServicesAwarded supplier
Show 3 more suppliers
- Word 360 LimitedAwarded supplier
- Word 360 LimitedAwarded supplier
- Word 360 LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.