Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS England & NHS Improvement North East and Yorkshire · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Language Empire Limited SME
- Value
- £700,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Translation services (CPV 79530000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 000887-2021 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Sep 2020
- Published15 Jan 2021Published 107 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of interpreters for non-English speaking and D/deaf patients attending appointments in Primary Care settings. Inclusive of the provision of face to face, telephone and video interpreting, as well as written document translation. Locality/Population - North of Tyne, Durham, Darlington and Teesside.
About the supplier
Language Empire Limited: every public contract they have won.