Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a Health and Social Care Communication Support Service in Northern Ireland, for People who are Deaf, deafblind and Hard of Hearing
Notice Description
The Department of Health, Northern Ireland, plan to appoint a single provider to deliver a Communication Support Services to allow communication between Deaf, deafblind and Hard of Hearing people and hearing people, in attendance, or via video conferencing settings. The Provider shall provide the following Services: * BSL/ISL Sign Language Interpreters (Face to Face) * BSL/ISL Sign Language Interpreters (Remote: Video Relay Interpreting and Video Interpretation) * BSL/ISL Deaf Intralingual Interpreters (Relay Interpreters) * BSL/ISL Translators * Interpreters for deafblind people * Lip speakers * Note takers * Speech to Text Reporting Given the growing presence of ethnic minorities with different language needs there is an expectation that the provider will provide a service that responds to the specific needs of all Service Users, including language provision for those for whom BSL or ISL is not a native language.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Department of Health, Northern Ireland, plan to appoint a single provider to deliver a Communication Support Services to allow communication between Deaf, deafblind and Hard of Hearing people and hearing people, in attendance, or via video conferencing settings. The Provider shall provide the following Services: * BSL/ISL Sign Language Interpreters (Face to Face) * BSL/ISL Sign Language Interpreters (Remote: Video Relay Interpreting and Video Interpretation) * BSL/ISL Deaf Intralingual Interpreters (Relay Interpreters) * BSL/ISL Translators * Interpreters for deafblind people * Lip speakers * Note takers * Speech to Text Reporting Given the growing presence of ethnic minorities with different language needs there is an expectation that the provider will provide a service that responds to the specific needs of all Service Users, including language provision for those for whom BSL or ISL is not a native language. Additional information: The Service is Demand led so the total Value of the Contract may increase in line with actual demand
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-036b1a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009420-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- 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
- £5,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £5,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £5,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Mar 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 26 Oct 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Mar 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Peter Smyth
- Contact Email
- dsccbids@hscni.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT12 6HU
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Blackstaff
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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