Notice Information
Notice Title
Specialist Translation Services
Notice Description
The Centre for Middle Eastern Plants, part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is seeking a specialist translator to facilitate communication with a range of partners across a diverse range of programmes in the Arabian Peninsula. Communication with partners, collaborators, stakeholders and beneficiaries in an accurate and engaging way is considered essential to our reputation in multiple locations.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Centre for Middle Eastern Plants is looking for a specialist translator who can effectively communicate between English and Arabic in a range of specialist disciplines. The requirement is to undertake the following: - Accurate translation between English and Arabic in formal documents; - Translation from hand written information gathering documents and questionnaires designed to inform decision making and implementation of programme activities in situ; - Translation from Arabic written by individuals from Soqotra (Yemen) which contains multiple local Soqotri language insertions, adulterations and local pace names into accurate Arabic and English documents; - Knowledge of the technical subject areas encountered in a range of documents types, specifically relating to cultural heritage in all its forms, botany and conservation science and application, biodiversity loss and climate change, as well as international development; - Occasional translation between English and Arabic that requires knowledge of the above specialist and technical knowledge targeting Arabic users in specific locations; - The translation work will be funded from multiple internal and externally funded projects requiring skills in prioritisation and the ability to focus on different technical areas concurrently; - RBGE supplies the following documents to assist in the development of your response to the brief: Corporate Strategy; Science & Biodiversity Strategy. The successful supplier will be appointed for initial 24 month period with two further 1 year extension subject to satisfactory performance. (2+1+1 = 4 years in total)
Renewal: Two 1 Year Extension so 48 months in total.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000669880
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV432511
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £40,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £40,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Nov 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Oct 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Nov 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH
- Contact Name
- Gillian Cooper, Martyn Dickson
- Contact Email
- gcooper@rbge.org.uk, mdickson@rbge.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1312482815
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH3 5LR
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Inverleith
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT429913&idx=1
7th October 2021 - Specialist Translation Services ITT Final -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT429913&idx=2
7th October 2021 - Specialist Translations Services Price File -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT429913
Specialist Translation Services - The Centre for Middle Eastern Plants, part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is seeking a specialist translator to facilitate communication with a range of partners across a diverse range of programmes in the Arabian Peninsula. Communication with partners, collaborators, stakeholders and beneficiaries in an accurate and engaging way is considered essential to our reputation in multiple locations. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV432511
Specialist Translation Services - The Centre for Middle Eastern Plants, part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is seeking a specialist translator to facilitate communication with a range of partners across a diverse range of programmes in the Arabian Peninsula. Communication with partners, collaborators, stakeholders and beneficiaries in an accurate and engaging way is considered essential to our reputation in multiple locations.
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