WELSH TRANSLATION & SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATON SERVICES

Lot 1 provides general translation of standard and specialised documentation regularly produced by WG, e.g. documents associated with legislation, consultation and policy documents, reports, information documents, communications and marketing material, finance and procurement documents, general administrative materials (papers and minutes). Many of these general documents will have technical content. Successful suppliers to Lot 1 will be ranked in order of the highest scoring bid based on the most economically advantageous tender according to the framework criteria. All suppliers who pass the Framework evaluation criteria will be awarded a place on the Framework. Any call off contract requirements with an estimated total contract value of up to 5,000GBP over the entire contract period will be awarded as a direct award to any supplier on the framework list. Any call off contract requirement with an estimated total contract value between 5,000GBP and 50,000GBP for the entire contract period, will be awarded a call off contract according to the rank order starting with the highest ranked provider on the Framework.

Lot 2 provides general and subject specific translation of standard and specialised documentation regularly produced by WG, e.g. documents associated with legislation, consultation and policy documents, reports, information documents, communications and marketing material, finance and procurement documents, general administrative materials (papers and minutes). Many of these general documents will have technical content. Lot 2 is for call off contracts with an estimated value of 50,000GBP and above for the entire contract period. Suppliers will be awarded contracts for subject areas under Lot 2. Successful suppliers to the Framework under Lot 2 will be ranked in order of the highest scoring bid based on the most economically advantageous tender according to the framework criteria for each subject area. The maximum number of successful suppliers for each of the subject areas under Lot 2 will be 7 suppliers. Call off contract requirements for each subject area will be awarded as a direct award to the highest ranked supplier on the Framework. Should the highest ranked supplier be unable to undertake the work for any given reason, the work will be offered as a direct award to the subsequent providers in turn starting with the supplier ranked as second highest. An exception to this is when a direct award with a lower ranked supplier is deemed appropriate to undertake a specific project in a subject area based on i) expertise in a specialised aspect of the subject area and/or ii) value for money whereby the requirement is a continuation of work in the specialised aspect of the subject area which will enable the supplier to take advantage of the data in their Translation Memory System and their understanding of the terminology. Additional information: Add the subject areas here

Lot 3 is for translations from Welsh to English as required. Guidance on using the Framework stipulates the expectation that the same supplier is commissioned to translate all material relating to one task to both languages as required. This will ensure consistency across all documents and will ensure that official-sensitive documents are not shared widely. Successful suppliers to the Framework under Lot 3 will be ranked in order of the highest scoring bid based on the most economically advantageous tender according to the framework criteria. The maximum number of successful suppliers under Lot 3 will be 7 suppliers. Any call off contract requirements up to a total contract value of 5,000GBP will be awarded as a direct award to any supplier on the list. Any call off contract requirements estimated to be between 5,000GBP and 50,000GBP will be awarded according to the rank order starting with the highest ranked provider. Any call off contract requirement estimated to be above 50,000GBP will be awarded via a mini competition.

Lot 4 is for simultaneous interpretation from English to Welsh. This is an all Wales Lot to provide interpretation services in different situations including virtual meetings, face to face meetings and hybrid meetings (both virtual and face to face). Virtual meetings will usually be held over Microsoft Teams and the ability to use Teams is essential to be included on Lot 4. Successful suppliers to the Framework under Lot 4 will be ranked in order of the highest scoring bid based on the most economically advantageous tender according to the framework criteria set out above. The maximum number of successful suppliers under Lot 4 will be 8 suppliers. Should there be joint scoring suppliers for the 8th ranked space, then all suppliers scoring the same ranked score for the 8th place, will secure a place on the framework for Lot 4. Any call off contract requirements up to a total contract value of 5,000GBP will be awarded as a direct award to any supplier on the list. Any call off contract requirements estimated to be between 5,000GBP and 25,000GBP will be awarded according to the rank order starting with the highest ranked provider. Any call off contract requirement estimated to be above 25,000GBP will be awarded via a mini competition.

Lot 5 is for simultaneous interpretation from Welsh to English. This is an all Wales Lot to provide interpretation services in different situations including virtual meetings, face to face meetings and hybrid meetings (both virtual and face to face). Virtual meetings will usually be held over Microsoft Teams and the ability to use Teams is essential to be included on Lot 5. Successful suppliers to the Framework under Lot 5 will be ranked in order of the highest scoring bid based on the most economically advantageous tender according to the framework criteria set out above. The maximum number of successful suppliers under Lot 5 will be 15 suppliers. Should there be joint scoring suppliers for the 15th ranked space, then all suppliers scoring the same ranked score for the 15th place, will secure a place on the framework for Lot 5. Any call off contract requirements up to a total contract value of 5,000GBP will be awarded as a direct award to any supplier on the list. Any call off contract requirements estimated to be between 5,000GBP and 25,000GBP will be awarded according to the rank order starting with the highest ranked provider. Any call off contract requirement estimated to be above 25,000GBP will be awarded via a mini competition.