Cumbria County Council Tender for Interpretation and Translation Services
The translation and interpretation service may be required by all departments of the Council.
United Kingdom-Carlisle: Health and social work services
2018/S 214-490459
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Cumbria House, 107 — 117 Botchergate
Carlisle
CA1 1RD
United Kingdom
Contact person: Ms Lisa Measures
Telephone: +44 1228226298
E-mail: lisa.measures@cumbria.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKD
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Interpretation and Translation Services
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Cumbria County Council is committed to making sure members of the public can access our services.
As part of its public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010 the Council has to remove or minimise disadvantages suffered by people due to their protected characteristics, therefore in order to support customers whose first language is not English interpretation and translation services should be available.
The translation and interpretation service may be required by all departments of the Council yet a number of Council services have historically placed a higher demand on the need for a translation and interpretation service.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Cumbria County Council is committed to making sure members of the public can access our services.
As part of its public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010 the Council has to remove or minimise disadvantages suffered by people due to their protected characteristics, therefore in order to support customers whose first language is not English interpretation and translation services should be available.
The translation and interpretation service may be required by all departments of the Council yet a number of Council services have historically placed a higher demand on the need for a translation and interpretation service (hereafter “Service”) including:
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Initial 38 month duration with one optional extension period of up to 12 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
Initial 38 month duration with one optional extension period of up to 12 months.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Bids can be received from 8.11.2018 via the dedicated electronic portal www.the-chest.org.uk
More information can be found in the Invitation to Tender documents on www.the-chest.org.uk
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
Cumbria County Council s fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the Authority’s supplier audits on all aspects of diversity.
The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates.
VI.4.1)Review body
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: