Language Services (Lot 1 - 5)

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What the notice says

Buyer

GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL AGENCY

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

6e8152e5-b262-448f-9b90-fbfa9b7f5bab-700547

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 32232000, 32353000, 48521000, 48740000, 64211000, 72212740, 72224200, 72225000, 75230000, 79510000, 79530000, 79540000, 79821100, 79822500

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27 Aug 2026

Crown Commercial Service (CCS), as the Authority, has established a Framework Contract with multiple suppliers for the provision of Language Services including Translation, Transcription and Ancillary Services, Telephone and Video Interpreting Services, Non Spoken and Spoken Face to Face Interpreting Services, for use by the UK Public Sector Buyers identified at VI.3. The Services within the scope of this framework have been divided into 5 Lots, with Lots 4 and 5 being broken down into regional sub-lots: Lot 1 National Managed Service Lot 2 Translation, Transcription and Ancillary Services Lot 3 Telephone and Video Interpretation Lots 4a to 4l Non Spoken Languages Services Lots 5a to 5m Regional Managed Service, * Please note, Lots 4a-4l provide UK regional coverage and Lots 5a-5m provide UK and overseas coverage* Additional information: The start date of this framework agreement is 10 May 2021. The expiry date of the framework agreement is 29 March 2025. The framework will be established for 36 months, with the option to extend for 1 further period of 12 consecutive months, executed at the discretion of CCS.

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   21 Nov 2023

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   Release reference

   6e8152e5-b262-448f-9b90-fbfa9b7f5bab-700547

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Language Services (Lot 1 - 5)

  Buyer: GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL AGENCYSupplier: AA GLOBAL LANGUAGE SERVICES LIMITED

  End date in notice

  29 Mar 2025

  Value shown in notice

  £148,000,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-d6bfae7c-9db2-460e-9f29-f9ec52a3ca98-1

• Language Services (Lot 1 - 5)

  Buyer: GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL AGENCYSupplier: BLACHERE ILLUMINATION UK LIMITED

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