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
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- D A Languages Limited SME
- Value
- £1,642,083.33
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Translation services (CPV 79530000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 077848-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Aug 2025
- Published27 Nov 2025Published 88 days after the contract date
Description
The Contractor shall provide a managed service covering: Face to face interpreter services Telephone Interpreter Services BSL interpreter services (face to face and remote) Video Interpreting (Spoken and Non-Spoken) Written Translation/Transcription and proof-reading services Face to Face, Telephone, BSL and Video Interpretation Services shall be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
About the supplier
D A Languages Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06207784).