Northamptonshire Children's Trust Language Support Services
Estimated value
£1.6m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
5
Published
15 Jul 2025
Description
Northamptonshire Children's Trust wishes to invite Tender Responses for the supply of Language Support Services. The objectives of this Framework Agreement is to have a range of Providers that are able to provide high quality Language Support Services to the Trust's clients - both the Children and Young People the Trust is supporting and their wider family network who may also require the service. The service specification describes a requirement to establish a framework agreement with several Service Providers to supply Language Support Services to clients who speak, communicate or read languages other than English, or who need to communicate in English in non-standard ways e.g. via audio media, either individually or in groups. The Children's Trust is setting up a Framework Agreement for the provision of Language Support Services for an initial period of 24 months, with the option to extend for two additional periods of 12 months each, for a maximum duration of 48 months (2+1+1 years). The Services sought under this framework agreement will be split into the following five lots: Lot 1a - Telephone Interpretation Services Lot 1b - Video Remote Interpretation Services Lot 2 - Face to Face Interpretation Services Lot 3 - Translation Services (including hard copy and electronic translation services) Lot 4 - Sensory Impairment Interpretation and Translation The Contract has an estimated annual budget of £400,000 (exclusive of VAT) for the delivery of the requirement as set out in the Specification. In order to be considered for this opportunity, you MUST have registered and submitted your core supplier information to the Central Digital Platform (CDP). Please visit https://supplier-information.find-tender.service.gov.uk/ to register, and provide your core supplier information. Please note, you are then required to confirm your share code and provide a PDF copy of this information when you submit your tender return.
Scope
- Reference
- NNC00000649
- Total value
- £1,600,000 excluding VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Sept 2025 to 30 Sept 2027Possible extension to 30 Sept 2029
The Children's Trust is setting up a Framework Agreement for the provision of Language Support Services for an initial period of 24 months, with the option to extend for two additional periods of 12 months each, for a maximum duration of 48 months (2+1+1 years).
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 795300007954000085000000
- Contract locations
- East Midlands, United KingdomEast Midlands, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | — | quality | 50.00% |
| Price | — | price | 50.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 10 Jul 2025, 4:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 18 Jul 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission address
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Lots · 5 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telephone Interpretation Services | £1.6m | active |
| 1b | Video Remote Interpretation Services | £1.6m | active |
| 2 | Face to Face Interpretation Services | £1.6m | active |
| 3 | Translation Services | £1.6m | active |
| 4 | Sensory Impairment Interpretation and Translation Services | £1.6m | active |