Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Cumberland Council
Cumbria House, 107 - 117 Botchergate
Carlisle
CA1 1RD
UK
Contact person: Mr Sunday Oguntonade
Telephone: +44 7795546733
E-mail: sunday.oguntonade@cumbria.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Interpretation and Translation Services
Reference number: DN762678
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79540000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The council procured Interpretation and Translation Services. As part of its public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010, the council must remove or minimise disadvantages faced by people due to their protected characteristics. Thus, to support non-English-speaking customers, the Authority has a duty to make interpretation and translation services available to them.
The Interpretation and Translation Service shall require the provider to fulfil translation or interpretation assignments for a wide range of languages on a spot purchase basis, at contractually agreed rates per hour/minute/word as appropriate.
The service will be available across Cumberland council footprint and accessible to multiple service areas across the Council, including Children and Family Wellbeing, Adult Social Care and Housing, Public Health and Communities, Business Transformation and Change, Strategy, Policy and Performance and Resources.
The initial period of the contract is 1 year. There is 1 optional extension of 12 months. Use of this optional extension is at the absolute discretion of the Council.
The contract end date on this notice includes these extension periods.
The estimated total value of the Contract Agreement for the 1 year initial term is £200,000 excluding VAT.
The maximum value of the contract including use of the optional extension of 1 year is £400,000 excluding VAT.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
200 000.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
400 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79530000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD1
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
All award criteria are stated in the procurement documents only.
The Council is conducted the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purpose of procuring the services described in the
specification which can be found within the ITT documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 20
Cost criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-004828
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/03/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 20
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 20
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 20
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
D A Languages Ltd
Suite 4a Statham House Talbot Road Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom M32 0FP
Greater Manchester
M32 0FP
UK
NUTS: UKD1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
200 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
400 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
His Majesty's Court Service
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/03/2025