# VRS / VRI Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Leicestershire Police](/buyers/leicestershire-police/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £100,000
- Published: 19 October 2018
- Planned start: 4 February 2019
- Planned end: 3 February 2021
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0a9ddf7a-7823-4c87-8ada-96db0246af3b-247383
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-00ecb349-c842-482a-8eb4-8cb52fa636cd

## Description

Leicestershire Police is seeking to implement Video Relay Service \(VRS\) and Video Remote Interpreting Services \(VRIS\) to provide an accessible first contact service for people who are Deaf, deafened, deafblind or hard of hearing or use British Sign Language \(BSL\); or a derivative, such as Signed Supported English \(SSE\) or Makaton; to communicate\. This links into the 101 service not 999 calls\.

## Related contract awards

- [CycComms](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ca3ab8d7-f433-41fa-9e8b-f0ed2fcba5d1): Leicestershire Police
- [Emergency Communications Operation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-55f634c4-b563-4e0a-93b8-0d8f5d39cc88): Leicestershire Police
- [IT Hardware Software and Associate Consumables](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2b0cdb34-bfb1-4f64-b4bf-0326c2c794d3): Leicestershire Police

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a9ddf7a-7823-4c87-8ada-96db0246af3b-247383)