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Published 31 Aug 2023, 12:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Translation and Interpretation Services

Official notice

Authority: MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE (Central government)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£831,350published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Aug 2023
Awarded to DA Languages Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Interpretation and Translation services.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1All MaPS funded face-to-face Debt Advisors and Pensions Guidance will have access to…Awarded

All MaPS funded face-to-face Debt Advisors and Pensions Guidance will have access to interpretation and translation services via a telephone interpreting service. They would also have access to British Sign Language Video and British Sign Language Face to Face (digital) Interpreting services. MaPS Translation & Interpretation Service has supported people to receive Debt and Pension Advice, the provision will have regard to the number of people in need, helped, the quality of service provided, and the quality of advice delivered.

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Extensions: 12 months

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Service Delivery: 20%
  • Continuity of Service: 20%
  • Booking Systems: 10%
  • Training: 10%
  • price: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Service Delivery: 20%
  • Continuity of Service: 20%
  • Booking Systems: 10%
  • Training: 10%
  • Social Value: 10%
  • Price: 30%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
31 Aug 2023, 12:42 BST
Last source update
31 Aug 2023, 12:54 BST
Authority reference
23-36C
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-025614
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f875 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Under Public Contracts Regulations 2015;

Contract Award point (4) In the case of framework agreements, contracting authorities shall not be bound to send a notice of the results of the procurement procedure for each contract based on such an agreement.

However; MaPS aim to publish all awarded contracts above a threshold of £25,000.

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Procurement method changed
    31 Aug 2023, 12:54 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £831,3501 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 24 Aug 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
DA Languages LimitedTranslation and Interpretation Service£831,350 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
DA Languages Limited£831,350 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Translation and Interpretation Services · DA Languages Limited

    Signed
    24 Aug 2023
    Value
    £831,350
    Status
    active

  • Translation and Interpretation Service · DA Languages Limited

    Signed
    16 Aug 2023
    Value
    £831,350
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
All MaPS funded face-to-face Debt Advisors and Pensions Guidance will have access to…4bids · 4 electronic2——
Whole notice———£500,000 – £900,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Money and Pensions Service

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawMoney and Pension Guidance 5th Floor, 120 Holborn, LONDON, London, EC1N2TDContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • D A Languages LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06207784 Statham House,Talbot Road, Stretford,, Manchester,, North West, M32 0FP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.