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Provision of Translation Services

Glasgow City Council

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Up to £4,439,830

Deadline

Not specified

Published

7 April 2025

Type

services

ScotlandGBopenCPV: 79530000
CategoryBusiness & professional

Overview

The council is seeking to outsource for the first time the translation services provision which is currently being provided in-house. The council require a service provided to provide in person face to face translation from both non English language or dialect to English language and vice versa, within the council’s properties or at other nominated locations as well as telephone, video conference services and document translation from both non English language or dialect to English language and vice versa.

As this is an in-house service currently there will be a TUPE implication which will include 70 sessional interpreters, 2 Admin staff and sessional accessor. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

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  • Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

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Glasgow City Council
Typepublic body
RegionUKM82
Total tenders64
Total spend£2,392,959,709
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