Planning

Multi Provider Framework Agreement for the Provision of Interpretation, Lipspeaking and Translation Services.

  • Norfolk County Council

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-018198

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02ce84

Published 30 July 2021, 9:44am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Norfolk County Council

Norwich

Email

sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.norfolk.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

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

Multi Provider Framework Agreement for the Provision of Interpretation, Lipspeaking and Translation Services.

Reference number

NCCT42018

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79540000 - Interpretation services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Norfolk County Council, on behalf of INTRAN, will soon be seeking applications for a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of Interpreting, Lipspeaking, Translation and Related Communication Services in the Eastern region and surrounding counties.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79540000 - Interpretation services
  • 79530000 - Translation services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH1 - East Anglia
Main site or place of performance

East Anglia

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Intran is a multi agency partnership which provides and manages access to interpreting and translation services for people in the Eastern region and surrounding counties who are deaf, hard of hearing or whose first language is not English and cannot communicate effectively in English. The current framework agreement ends on 30.6.2022 and work has commenced on establishing the requirements for a replacement framework. It is intended that the proposed framework will, as a minimum, cover the following services:— British Sign Language— Face to face interpreting— Telephone interpreting— Translation and Braille— Video InterpretingThe framework agreement will be split into lots for the above services. The exact make up of the lots will be included in the tender documents when they are published.It should be noted that the proposed framework is for providers of interpreting and translation and not for translators and interpreters themselves.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

1 September 2021


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

We are currently seeking expression of interest only at this stage. As such no procurement documents are currently availalbe.Once the procurement is live it will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement once documentation is available, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk.