Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Lancashire County Council
County Hall
Preston
PR10LD
UK
Contact person: BARBRA DICKASON
E-mail: barbra.dickason@lancashire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD45
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.lancashire.gov.uk/isupplier/
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
THE PROVISION OF INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION FOR LANCASHIRE REFUGEE INTEGRATION TEAM AND NAMED PROVIDERS
Reference number: 2024/S 000-016275
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79530000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
1.1 Lancashire County Council (the "Authority) is commissioning language support to refugees, asylum seekers, Ukrainian guests and evacuees (the "Clients") arriving, and who have previously arrived, in Lancashire under various government-funded Resettlement Schemes and requires the Services to provide support for the provision of face to face, telephone and video interpreting and document translation services for various requirements of the Resettlement Schemes. The Interpretation and Translation Services (the "Service") must provide language support to Clients who have previously arrived in Lancashire under various resettlement schemes.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
720 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority, working with its partners in other councils and contracted providers, will provide a range of resettlement services across all of the areas of the Specification (although, very occasionally, face to face interpreting services may be required outside of Lancashire as well, namely at entry ports such as Manchester Airport or Liverpool Airport).
The Service Provider shall ensure that the Services shall be available to the Clients for 10 hours per day, Monday to Friday during the hours of 08:00 to 18:00 excluding bank holidays.
The Service Provider shall provide the Services in the form of home visits, group sessions, meetings, appointments, telephone and text contact, and document translation.
It is anticipated that the need for these Services will be more acute in the first two weeks following Clients' arrival in Lancashire, when Clients are provided with an intensive orientation support package.
Although the Services will be required for the full 36 months of the Initial Term (plus any agreed extensions pursuant to the provisions of this Specification and Service Contract), the out of hours requirements may vary during the Term and the Service Provider will be expected to accommodate these requirements within the terms of this contract.
Should this contract be extended beyond the Initial Term, the requirements stated may change depending on the need and level of geographical dispersion across Lancashire, with more and/or other local authority areas becoming involved.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend for 3 years up to a total maximum contract period of 6 years in total
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-016275
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: BD/RIT/LCC/24/1469
Title: THE PROVISION OF INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION FOR LANCASHIRE REFUGEE INTEGRATION TEAM AND NAMED PROVIDERS
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/02/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DA Languages Limited
Manchester
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 720 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Lancashire County Council
Preston
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/04/2025