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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 2 days ago Contract notice

Language Services Framework 2027

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer Bristol City Council

27 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€2.7M
€2,737,183 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure Anyone may submit a bid, in one step, with no pre-selection. Full entry
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Description

Bristol City Council is looking to Procure and establish a new corporate Translation and Interpreting Services (TIS) framework to ensure continued access to high-quality language services at competitive prices, supporting the Council's responsibilities for accessibility and equality. The framework provides a trusted pool of qualified interpreters and suppliers, enabling: 1. Efficient access to appropriate language support without delays 2. Consistent service quality and defined standards 3. Clear contractual arrangements that support transparency and accountability

Timing

29 days from publication to deadline. Usual length in United Kingdom: 30 days. Usual length

  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline
  4. Awarded pending
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Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 2,017 notices of the last two years.

Bid or no-bid?

2 of 6 answered from the register

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €2.7M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Business services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    27 days left, 20 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €7,865 and €175,730.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 1,191 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 2 days ago

Documents on Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) (English)

Market

Business services in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€56,015
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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 2,000 awards for Business services in United Kingdom.

This notice
€2.7M
Median award
€56,015
Middle half of past awards
€7,865 to €175,730

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

Larger than 86% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.

open now in Business services
4,452
median open notice
€197,160

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Business services

different companies won awards here
969
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
463

Based on 2,276 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Bristol City Council

notices in the register
1,191
awards
1,170
awarded in total
€30.7M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
764
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
5%
of its calls state an estimated value
100%

Based on 1,093 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Bristol City Council

United Kingdom

Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Constellia public LTD 2 €49,297 Jun 2026
Oxygen Finance Ltd 1 €535,693 Aug 2026
IRRV Services Ltd 1 €17,776 Mar 2026
Weightmans LLP 1 €11,850 Dec 2025
Bevan brittan LLP 1 €7,703 Jun 2026

Based on 6 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

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