Buyer Name: Central Bedfordshire Council
Buyer Address: Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, UKH25, SG17 5TQ, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Shawez Khwaja
Contact Email: procurement@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Contact Telephone: 03003005997
Buyer Name: Central Bedfordshire Council
Buyer Address: Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, UKH25, SG17 5TQ, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Shawez Khwaja
Contact Email: procurement@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Contact Telephone: 03003005997
The Council seeks a single provider to deliver comprehensive interpretation and translation services, including spoken and non-spoken face-to-face, telephone, video, and related support, that Suppliers must meet to submit a valid Tender. The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide you through the quotation process. Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all tenderers, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all. If there is anything you are not sure about or need clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system. Last date for receiving questions on the In-Tend system: 30th December 2025. Completed Quotations and attachments should be submitted electronically by the due date via our In-tend electronic tendering system. Quotations must be uploaded via the “My Return” section of the system. Quotations submitted through the correspondence facility will not be considered. Your Quotation must be submitted via the In-tend system by no later than 12th January 2026 at 12:05. Quotations received after that time will be excluded.
No linked documents found for this notice.
External Link: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/centralbedfordshire/aspx/Tenders/Current
External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080083-2025
Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender
Lot 1 Status: active
Lot 1 Value: AED 300,000
Lot 1 Value (Gross): AED 350,000
Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00
Lot 1 Contract End: 2029-03-31T23:59:59+01:00
Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality - Methodology (50%)
Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): Price (40%)
Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Social Value (10%)
Document Description: Not published
Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender
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