Invitation to Quote for an Interpretation and Translation Service for Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing People in Shropshire

Description

Shropshire Council is seeking a provider who has a good working knowledge of Shropshire, it's health and care system and Voluntary and community sector and is inviting quotations for a 3-year contract to provide Interpretation and sign language services for Deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing people within Shropshire, which will take the form of: • British sign language/English interpreters • Deafblind interpreters • Lipspeakers • Speech-to-text operators • Notetakers • Sight translations of written documents into British sign language • Translation of written documents into British sign language onto DVD/digital files • Telephone interpretations • An out of hours and emergency message service and • To coordinate this provision, via a comprehensive booking service using both in-house and freelance Communication Professionals. The contract will be effective from 1st April 2025 and will be for a period of 3 years. Contract payments will be fixed at £14,500 per annum Any additional cost not set out in the contract will be paid with prior discussion and agreement from the Council, at a half hourly rate.

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