Financial Conduct Authority: Transcription, Translation and Interpreter Services

UK-London: Translation services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Financial Conduct Authority
       12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 02070661000, Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
       Contact: Annika Karabanova
       Main Address: https://www.fca.org.uk/
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Economic and financial affairs

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Transcription, Translation and Interpreter Services            
      Reference number: CON-20-069

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         79530000 - Translation services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is establishing a contractual mechanism with one Supplier to provide verbatim digital/tape transcription, court stenography, written translation and both telephone and face-to-face interpretation Services to the FCA for a period of four (4) years, with the option to extend for a further one (1) year period

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 1,500,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            48740000 - Foreign language translation software package.
            79540000 - Interpretation services.
            75231100 - Law-courts-related administrative services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is establishing a contractual mechanism with one Supplier to provide verbatim digital/tape transcription, court stenography, written translation and both telephone and face-to-face interpretation Services to the FCA for a period of four (4) years, with the option to extend for a further one (1) year period, starting from the 01st January 2021.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 70
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/respond/R2XJ45M6FB


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      A dynamic purchasing system was set up: No

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2020/S 145-358167
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: CON-20-069    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Transcription, Translation and Interpreter services

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 26/04/2021

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 10
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 9 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Ubiqus UK Limited, 03444614
             Greytown House, 221-227 High Street, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0NZ, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 2072690398, Email: JGuest@Ubiqus.com
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 1,500,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=619374389

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Financial Conduct Authority
          12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 02070661000, Email: FPSProcurement@fca.org.uk
          Internet address: https://www.fca.org.uk/

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/08/2021