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Contract Award Notice

Language Services Framework Agreement

  • First published: 13 December 2019
  • Last modified: 13 December 2019
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Authority ID:
AA29950
Publication date:
13 December 2019
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Lot 1: includes the provision of written translation and transcription services from the English language into the language(s) requested by the buying authority and from those languages into English or other languages.

Contractor(s) shall provide an end to end service to the buying authority through its own linguists and/or linguists via sub-contractors if required. Contractors shall be responsible for the compliance of the sub-contractors used in accordance with Section 3, General Conditions of contracts of the framework agreement.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Inovo, 121 George Street

Glasgow

G1 1RD

UK

Contact person: Mrs Sheena Thomson

Telephone: +44 3330041418

E-mail: procurement@ore.catapult.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.ore.catapult.org.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ore.catapult.org.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

London

UK

E-mail: fern.mccall@ct.catapult.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.ct.catapult.or.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

High Value Manufacturing Catapult

Various

UK

E-mail: andrew.clifton@uk-cpi.com

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.hvm.catapult.org.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

Connected Places Catapult

London

UK

E-mail: nwhittaker@cp.catapult.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.cp.catapult.org.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

Digital Catapult

London

UK

E-mail: snezhana.kostadinova@digicatapult.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.digicatapult.org.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

Energy Systems Catapult

Birmingham

UK

E-mail: jim.owen@es.catapult.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.es.catapult.org.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

Satellite Applications Catapult

Oxfordshire

UK

E-mail: stephen.percival@sa.catapult.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.sa.catapult.org.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

Medicines Discovery Catapult

London

UK

E-mail: laura.hough@md.catapult.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.md.catapult.org.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

Compound Semiconductors Catapult

Newport

UK

E-mail: kim.lloyd-elliott@csa.catapult.org.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.csa.catapult.org.uk

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Other: Technology and Innovation

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Language Services Framework Agreement

Reference number: DN415472

II.1.2) Main CPV code

79530000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Lot 1: Translation and Transcription Services

Lot 2: Interpreting Services

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Lowest offer: 1.00  GBP/ Highest offer: 500 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

Lot No: 1

II.2.1) Title

Translation and Transcription Services

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79530000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Lot 1: includes the provision of written translation and transcription services from the English language into the language(s) requested by the buying authority and from those languages into English or other languages.

Contractor(s) shall provide an end to end service to the buying authority through its own linguists and/or linguists via sub-contractors if required. Contractors shall be responsible for the compliance of the sub-contractors used in accordance with Section 3, General Conditions of contracts of the framework agreement.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Technical / Weighting: 60

Price / Weighting:  40

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

Lot No: 2

II.2.1) Title

Interpreting Services

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

79540000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Lot 2: includes the provision of interpreting services from the English language in to the language(s) requested by the buying authority and from those languages into English or other languages.

Contractor(s) shall provide an end to end service to the buying authority through its own linguists and/or linguists via sub-contractors if required. Contractors shall be responsible for the compliance of the sub-contractors used in accordance with Section 3, general conditions of contracts of the framework agreement.

The contractor(s) shall be required to provide simultaneous, consecutive, escort/travel and whisper interpreting services.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Technical / Weighting: 60

Price / Weighting:  40

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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

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:

2019/S 125-305985

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 1

Contract No: ORE/19/59

Title: Translation and Transcription Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11/12/2019

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 23

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 23

Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 23

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Supreme Linguistic Services

Birmingham

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

AA Global Language Services

Hull

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Cintra Ltd

Cambridge

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Intertranslations SA

Athens

GR

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

AST Language Services Ltd

Nottinham

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: Lowest offer: 1.00  GBP / Highest offer: 500 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 2

Contract No: Interpreting Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11/12/2019

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 23

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 23

Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 23

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

AA Global Language Services

Hull

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Global Language Services

Glasgow

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Supreme Linguistic Services

Birmingham

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

DA Languages Ltd

Manchester

UK

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Language Line Ltd

London

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: Lowest offer: 1.00  GBP / Highest offer: 500 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Blyth

NE24 1LZ

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

12/12/2019

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79540000 Interpretation services Office-support services
79530000 Translation services Office-support services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

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ID Description
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About the buyer

Main contact:
procurement@ore.catapult.org.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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