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The Association of North East Councils Limited

NEPO528 Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of British Sign Language Interpreters

Business ServicesCPV 79540000
Value£2.0m
Deadline31 Aug 2028
Published17 Mar 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 17 Mar 2026779 days leftCloses 31 Aug 2028
Who to contact
Harry McBeth
harry.mcbeth@nepo.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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£2.0mtotal contract value
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this tender£0£2.2m

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The brief

The NEPO528 - British Sign Language DPS commenced on 24 May 2021 for a term of 60 months and was due to expire on 24 May 2026.

The original Contract Notice for this DPS was published on 5 March 2021: 2021/S 000-004508.

The purpose of this notice is to extend the period of validity of the DPS for a period of 27 months from 24 May 2026 to 31 August 2028.

The value of the DPS remains unchanged and NEPO do not anticipate that the extension of the validity of the DPS requires variation to the published value.

NEPO528 - British Sign Language has been established as a 'Dynamic Purchasing System' under a flexible approached based on the concept of Regulation 34 via Schedule 3, under the principles set out in Regulation 74-77 ('The Light Touch Regime').

The opportunity can be accessed via the Open eTendering system.

Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the Open eTendering System.

Suppliers wishing to access the DPS must first register on the e-Tendering system using the following link https://www.open-uk.org For guidance on how to create an account or submit your response through Open, please visit https://www.open-hub.org/training to access the available Training Guides.

If you need technical assistance from the Open Support team, this can be requested via open.support@nepo.org.

PLEASE NOTE: Open is accessible 24/7 however, technical support is available Monday to Thursday 08:30 - 17:00 and Friday 08:30 - 16:30.

NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Dynamic Purchasing System pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Suppliers wishing to be considered for this

Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the Open eTendering System.

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Suppliers wishing to access the DPS must

Suppliers wishing to access the DPS must first register on the e-Tendering system using the following link https://www.open-uk.org.

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If you need technical assistance from

If you need technical assistance from the Open Support team, this can be requested via open.support@nepo.org.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066cae
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
024252-2026
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