Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Strathclyde · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Deaf Action SME, Just Sign Limited SME, Prestige Network Limited SME, Sign Solutions SME
- Value
- £1,036,995.83
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Business services · Translation services (CPV 79530000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 071664-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jul 2026
- Published29 Jul 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
The University’s Disability and Wellbeing Services requires the establishment of a Framework for various forms of Student Communication Support Services to support students who are Deaf or have hearing loss. The Framework will comprise of two main elements. British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters are required to provide communication support to Deaf students during planned teaching activity such as lectures, labs and tutorials and to enable them to access all aspects of the wider University social experience outside of formal teaching sessions. Where necessary, they are also required to provide translation support outside of lectures and classes, both online or in-person, to aid Deaf students with direct study which can include podcasts, pre-recorded lectures and readings. Electronic notetakers (ENT) are required to provide a set of notes for Deaf or hard of hearing students who cannot take their own notes because they are either lipreading or watching a sign language interpreter. Th…
About the suppliers
Deaf Action: every public contract they have won.
Just Sign Limited: every public contract they have won.
Prestige Network Limited: every public contract they have won.
Sign Solutions: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04802772).