Notice Information
Notice Title
CP2635-25 Translation & Interpretation Services
Notice Description
Devon County Council (DCC) and Torbay Council (TC) require a sole Supplier to provide Language Services. This tender is being conducted using a further competition under CCS framework RM6302 Language Services Lot 1 National Managed Service. All suppliers on Lot 1 are invited to bid for this procurement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0f52e7fb-53e6-4a91-ba45-6497be130a2e
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8b168210-d0f6-43db-a179-cebedac56996
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Other -
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79530000 - Translation services
79540000 - Interpretation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £760,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £462,984 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Feb 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Feb 20265 days ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mark Sibley
- Contact Email
- procure@devon.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1392383000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EXETER
- Postcode
- EX2 4QD
- Post Town
- Exeter
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK4 Devon
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK43 Devon CC
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Exeter
- Electoral Ward
- Newtown and St Leonard's
- Westminster Constituency
- Exeter
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8b168210-d0f6-43db-a179-cebedac56996
18th February 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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