Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Kent County Council
County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
Contact
Mrs Katherine Clark
Telephone
+44 3000411290
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ4 - Kent
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Interpreting and Communication Services for People who are d/Deaf and Deafblind (February 2021)
Reference number
DN525284
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 98300000 - Miscellaneous services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The council has set up a framework for interpreting and communication services for people who are d/deaf and deafblind to allow the council to buy communication services from a list of approved providers who meet a certain set of minimum standards. The framework commenced on 17 June 2019 and will run until 16 June 2023. The services to be commissioned under the framework will fall into one of the disciplines listed in this notice. Applicants may apply to join the framework within one of more of these disciplines (please download the invitation to tender for a list of the sub-lotting structure).
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lots 1-10: as listed in section II.2.4
Lot No
1-10
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 98390000 - Other services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ4 - Kent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1: Face-to-face interpreting services (verbal);
Lot 2: Face-to-face interpreting services (non-verbal);
Lot 3: Transcription;
Lot 4: Lip speakers;
Lot 5: Speech to text reporters;
Lot 6: Deaf relay;
Lot 7: Translation;
Lot 8: Video interpreting services;
Lot 9: Other sign language Interpreting from an international range of languages;
Lot 10: Trainee interpreters.
The partner organisations with access to the framework are as follows:
— Kent Police,
— Kent Fire and Rescue,
— National Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service- Kent,
— KMPT (Kent and Medway Partnership Trust), and
— Dover District Council.
At any time during the term of the framework, any of the following public sector organisations may apply to gain access to the framework:
— Medway Council,
— any district council Kent,
— KCHFT (Kent Community Health Foundation Trust),
— NHS England (Kent and Medway) (AKA NHS Commissioning Board),
— Kent & Medway NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
The Framework will open for new applications every two months through the Framework period.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
End date
16 June 2022
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
8 March 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
8 March 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Kent County Council
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
Country
United Kingdom