Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Lancashire County Council
County Hall
Preston
PR10LD
Contact
BARBRA DICKASON
barbra.dickason@lancashire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD45 - Mid Lancashire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.lancashire.gov.uk/isupplier/
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
THE PROVISION OF INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION FOR LANCASHIRE REFUGEE INTEGRATION TEAM AND NAMED PROVIDERS
Reference number
2024/S 000-016275
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79530000 - Translation services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.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.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £720,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.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.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 40
two.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
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: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-016275
Section five. 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
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 February 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DA Languages Limited
Manchester
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Sole trader
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £720,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Lancashire County Council
Preston
Country
United Kingdom