Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a Translation and Interpretation Service
Notice Description
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) has awarded a contract with a single provider Premium Linguistics Services under Lot 1 of the ESPO Framework 402_24 to deliver a fully managed, high quality, timely and accessible end-to-end language services solution.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) has awarded a contract with a single provider Premium Linguistics Services under Lot 1 of the ESPO Framework 402_24 to deliver a fully managed, high quality, timely and accessible end-to-end language services solution.
Procurement Information
Mini competition via ESPO Language services framework 402_24
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0662c9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019804-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Mar 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Mar 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BARNSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE
- Postcode
- S70 2TA
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE33 Barnsley
- Delivery Location
- TLE31 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
-
- Local Authority
- Barnsley
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Barnsley North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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