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
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- D A Languages Limited SME
- Value
- £953,968
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Interpretation services (CPV 79540000)
- Official notice
- 029976-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 May 2025
- Published4 Jun 2025Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
DVSA has several business units who have an ongoing requirement for a range of different language services over an initial three year period. These include: • Face-to-Face Interpreting Services: • Telephone Interpreting Services: • Written Translation Services: • Transcription Services: • Ancillary Services: • Non-Spoken Language Services: • Non-Spoken Face-to-Face Services: • BSL and Braille Translation Services:
About the supplier
D A Languages Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06207784).