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Translation and interpreting tenders from UK public buyers

Translation and interpreting tenders open now: 2. In the 12 months to 22 October 2026, UK public buyers published 95 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to Supreme Linguistic Services ltd T/A Premium Linguistic Services on 16 Jul 2026.

Checked against primary sources3 sources linked below

Translation and interpreting tenders published each month, October 2025 to October 2026: bar chart of 95 UK notices
Notices per month, UK time. All matched by text.

Which translation and interpreting tenders are open now?

2 notices with a deadline still ahead on 22 October 2026, closing soonest first, all matched by text.

No stated deadline: 1 tender notice from the last 60 days

These are tender-stage notices whose source gives no deadline and no ended status. They are not counted as open above: check the official record before treating one as live.

Which buyers publish the most translation and interpreting notices?

Darlington Borough Council, with 12 notices of 95 in the 12 months to 22 October 2026.

  1. Darlington Borough Council12
  2. Halton Borough Council4
  3. Ministry of Justice4
  4. BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED2
  5. Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust2
  6. Department for Business & Trade2
  7. King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust2
  8. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust2

Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 95 notices in the window, read 22 October 2026.

How many translation and interpreting notices are published each month?

About 8 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was July 2026, with 18.

14 of the 44 translation and interpreting notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (32%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.

Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.

StageNotices
Contract44
Award36
Planning9
Tender5
Tender cancellation1
Stage as the source records it, of 95 notices in the 12 months to 22 October 2026.
Stated valueNotices
Under £25,0001
£25,000 to £100,00014
£100,000 to £500,0009
£500,000 to £2 million10
£2 million or more10
Only the 44 notices that state a GBP value, excluding frameworks, placeholders of £1,000 or less and ceilings of £100 million or more. An estimate in a notice is not a contract value.

Who has won translation and interpreting contracts recently?

D A LANGUAGES LIMITED won 6 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.

The newest award

On 16 Jul 2026, Darlington Borough Council recorded an award to Supreme Linguistic Services ltd T/A Premium Linguistic Services for “NEPO512 TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING SERVICE LOT 4 FACE TO FACE (NATIONAL) INTERPRETING. Rank 2”, at a recorded value of £60,000.

Read the award notice. Legacy award record; supplier allocation and signed-contract status unverified

SupplierAward notices won
D A LANGUAGES LIMITED6
SIGN SOLUTIONS (SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING AGENCY) LTD4
AA GLOBAL LANGUAGE SERVICES LIMITED2
LANGUAGE EMPIRE LIMITED2
LANGUAGE LINE LIMITED2
THE LANGUAGE SHOP LIMITED2
AA Global Language Services Limited1
ABSOLUTE INTERPRETING & TRANSLATIONS LIMITED1
Distinct notices per supplier, from the newest 80 of 80 award and contract notices in the window. From the legacy award table, which ends on 23 July 2026. A count of awards, never a sum of spend.

What counts as translation and interpreting tenders here?

Translation, interpreting (spoken and sign language) and transcription services. Speech-to-text software is software-goods or ai-services.

Classified

The notice’s recorded classification (proposed by a model, each label checked by Jev) accepted this catalogue subject: translation and interpreting. Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so none appear here yet.

Matched by text

The title contains one of: translation and interpreting, interpreting, translation services, language services. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.

  1. Open the official notice

    Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.
  2. Check the dates

    Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.
  3. Check the route to market

    A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.
  4. Look at who won before

    The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.

Read the buyer’s own notice before you spend a day on any of these.

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  1. 2 notices open now

    Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.
  2. Darlington Borough Council published 12 notices

    The most of any buyer here, out of 95 in the last 12 months.
  3. D A LANGUAGES LIMITED won 6 awards

    The most of any supplier in the 80 award and contract notices read for this hub.
  4. About 8 notices a month

    Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 95 in the 12-month window.

Questions about this page

Short answers, with the figures read for this page.

How many translation and interpreting tenders are open now?
2 notices with a stated deadline still ahead on 22 October 2026, all matched by text. Another 1 tender notice from the last 60 days states no deadline and is listed separately. The list is read again every day.
Where are these notices published?
On Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, the UK government's two public notice services. Each notice on this site links to its official record there; read that record and its documents before deciding to bid.
How does a notice get into this hub?
By its title, buyer or stated region matching the hub's rule. Classified notices will be added here when they are published to public pages; a text match is never presented as a classification.
Are EU, Scottish and Welsh portals included?
No. Only Find a Tender and Contracts Finder are read. EU (TED) notices are never added to these UK counts, and notices that appear only on Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales or eTendersNI are not here.

Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.

Sources and method

Read at
22 October 2026, regenerated daily
Window
22 October 2025 to 22 October 2026, by publication date
Classification
Not yet published to public pages
  • Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so every notice here is matched by text.
  • A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
  • Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
  • Award records come from the legacy award table, whose newest record is 23 July 2026.
  • UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.

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