Provision of Translation Services
Details
- Buyer
- Glasgow City Council
- Value
- £6,500,000
- Topic
- Translation services
- Published
- 24 October 2024
- Submission
- 25 November 2024
Tender description
The council is seeking to outsource for the first time the translation services provision which is currently being provided in-house. The council require a service provided to provide in person face to face translation from both non English language or dialect to English language and vice versa, within the council’s properties or at other nominated locations as well as telephone, video conference services and document translation from both non English language or dialect to English language and vice versa. As this is an in-house service currently there will be a TUPE implication which will include 70 sessional interpreters, 2 Admin staff and sessional accessor. Lot 1: The council is seeking to outsource for the first time the translation services provision which is currently being provided in-house. The council require a service provided to provide in person face to face translation from both non English language or dialect to English language and vice versa, within the council’s properties or at other nominated locations as well as telephone, video conference services and document translation from both non English language or dialect to English language and vice versa. As this is an in-house service currently there will be a TUPE implication which will include 70 sessional interpreters, 2 Admin staff and sessional accessor.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published24 October 2024Current notice
- Completed: Submission date25 November 2024
About the buyer
Glasgow City Council is a Scottish local authority that advertises its tenders through Public Contracts Scotland. Suppliers register on Public Contracts Scotland-Tender to receive alerts for opportunities matching their business. The council also publishes its live contracts and forthcoming tender opportunities in its own dedicated contract register. That register is hosted on the same Public Contracts Scotland platform for public viewing. Procurement decisions and contract standing orders are overseen by the council's Contracts and Property Committee. Glasgow is moving suppliers onto a new Supplier Portal to handle electronic invoicing for its contracts.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Glasgow City Council's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, construction work and repair and maintenance.
Relevant CPV codes
- 79530000 · Translation services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@glasgow-city-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@glasgow-city-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@glasgow-city-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@glasgow-city-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@glasgow-city-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@glasgow-city-council.gov |
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