Scottish Government

Details

Overview

Contractors will provide comprehensive spoken language interpreting services, document translation and the transcription and translation from word documentation or electronic media into word documents, to fulfil the current and evolving needs of the Collaborative Partners.

What is in scope?

The scope of the Framework for Interpreting & Translation Services is details as follows:

• Translation services including, face 2 face, telephone and sign language translation
• Translation and transcribing written word into various languages and sensory dialects

What is out of scope?

Telephone interpreting

For Printing services of transcribed publicationsplease refer to:Design, Print, Publishing and Associated Services Framework

Who is this available to?

• Central Government

Translation services award notice

Note: It is the responsibility of any buying organisation wishing to use the Framework Agreement to satisfy itself that it is eligible to do so. Entitlement can be established from the terms of the OJEU advert and guidance on this can be found in Annex A of Scottish Government Guidance on Framework Agreements. If there is any doubt, legal advice should be sought.

Benefits

• Improve quality and coverage of Service Delivery, measured against clear & consistent Key Performance Indicators
• Sharing of knowledge and best practice
• Efficiencies in process and reduced duplication of procurement effort
• Efficiencies in process and reduced duplication from implementation of statement billing
• Savings FY 10/11 29% on annual spend
• Savings FY 11/12 26% on annual spend (to date 07/10)

Current status

Start date

13 July 2009

End date

12 July 2013

Further details

Contact and feedback to:

Diane Archer, Senior Portfolio Specialist
Email: Diane.archer@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 0131 244 3670

Contract Supplier(s)

Global Language Services (ranked 1 ^st)

64 Darnley Street
Glasgow
G41 2SE

George Runciman George.Runciman@globalglasgow.com
Glasgow - 0141 429 3429 Edinburgh - 0131 220 0115

Global Connections (Scotland) Limited
3rd Floor 180 Hope Street
Glasgow
G2 2UE

Mr David Orr d.orr@globalconnects.com
0141 332 8889 F: 0141 332 8881

(Global Language Services should be approached in the first instance and only if they are unable to meet your requirements, should an approach be made to Global Connections Ltd.)
 

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More information

For further information please contact named individual above.