Overview of the procurement
The Language Services agreement is being developed
to replace 3 existing CCS agreements that cover face-to-face translation,
written translation and transcription, and telephone interpretation.
The Language Services agreement will support a wide
range of contracting authorities with diverse requirements across a broad range
of languages, including non-spoken, providing face to face, translation and
telephone interpreting.
We do not set policy on how public sector
organisations provide access to interpreting services nor do we determine the
appropriate qualification levels for interpreters in particular circumstances.
The offering is broad and it is for individual customers to establish their
requirements in line with their policies when creating a contract under the
framework agreement.
The lotting structure of the new agreement will
provide greater service capacity, offering contracting authorities maximum
choice and flexibility, and increase opportunities for linguistic providers.
Opportunity to comment
The current working draft of the specification is
available here.
Please note, we reserve the right to change this specification prior to its
publication as part of an invitation to tender.
If you have any further substantive comments on the
proposed specification please email InterpretingandTranslationServices@crowncommercial.gov.uk
The deadline for responses is Friday 24 July
2015.
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