Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b8a-64b4-7356-86cd-54ab5c8ad681/interpreting-and-communication-services-for-people-who-are-ddeaf-and-deafblind

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# Interpreting and Communication Services for People who are d/Deaf and Deafblind (November 2021)

[Kent County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/kent-county-council)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

5 Nov 2021

Deadline

Closed

6 Dec 2021

## Who can bid

- Sets up a framework

    Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years.
- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

The Council has set up a Framework for Interpreting and Communication Services for People who are d/Deaf and Deafblind to allow the Council to buy communication services from a list of approved providers who meet a certain set of minimum standards. The framework commenced on 17th June 2019 and will run until 16th June 2023. The framework opens every two months for new tender applications.

Services which will be commissioned under the Framework will fall into one of the following disciplines. Applicants may apply to join the Framework within one of more of these disciplines (please download the Invitation to Tender for a list of the sub-lotting structure):

- Lot 1 Face-to-face Interpreting Services (Verbal)
- Lot 2 Face-to-face Interpreting Services (Non-Verbal)
- Lot 3 Transcription
- Lot 4 Lip Speakers
- Lot 5 Speech to Text Reporters
- Lot 6 Deaf Relay
- Lot 7 Translation
- Lot 8 Video Interpreting Services
- Lot 9 Other Sign Language Interpreting from an International Range of Languages
- Lot 10 Trainee Interpreters

## CPV classification

Other community, social and personal services

Source

Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-02f3ee-2021-11-05T09:12:29Z

[View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-02f3ee-2021-11-05T09:12:29Z)

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