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N H S Shared Business Services

Interpretation and Translation Services

Business ServicesCPV 79540000
Value£73.0m
Awarded13 Mar 2025
Published11 Dec 2025
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£73.0mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£78.8m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

NHS Shared Business Services act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new.

These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework Agreement.

NHS SBS has put in place a Framework Agreement for the provision of Interpretation and Translation Services and related Goods and Services for the Public Sector to be used by NHS SBS Approved Organisations.

Our Approved Organisation list can be found on: https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/services/framework-agreements-categories/ The framework includes Face to Face translation, British Sign Language (BSL), Telephone Interpretation, Document Translation and ancillary services, Video Interpretation and a One Stop Shop for Managed Services.

Lot 1 - Face to Face (Spoken Language) Lot 2 - British Sign Language (BSL) Lot 3 - Telephone Interpreting Lot 4 - Document Translation and Ancillary Services Lot 5 - Video Interpretation Lot 6 - One Stop Shop (Managed Service)

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework Agreement.
NHS Shared Business ServicesFrameworks & routes to market
NHS Shared Business Services act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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