Purpose

Pursuant to an Authorisation from: Cllr
Stephen Davies, Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding
and Early Years on 20 June 2023: Translation and Interpretation
Service

Following a competitive tender process under the NHS SBS
Interpretation and Translation Services framework’ for the
supply of Interpretation and Translation services, having consulted
with the Executive Director of Children’s Services and the
Cabinet Member for Children’s Safeguarding and Early Years,
in accordance with the Individual Cabinet Member decision of 20
June 2023:

DECISION

To award individual call-off contract by each partner for the
supply of Gloucestershire Translation and Interpretation service to
the Word360 (Registered Company No. 05498277). The four partners as
part of a multi-organisation tender collective ‘One
Gloucestershire’, are as follows:

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHT),

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC),

NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB),

Gloucestershire County Council (GCC)

2. The proposed contract shall continue for an initial period of 3
years and include an option to extend its term for a further period
of not more than 1 year (+1).

The framework timescales since approval of the ICM report (link
below) mean that the extension can only be for one year. The impact
should be minimal as the total spend will be reducing.

3. To terminate the current contract 30th June 2025 with the
incumbent supplier, following one month’s notice as approved
in the ICM decision below.

Decision

Following a competitive tender
process under theNHS SBS Interpretation and
Translation Services framework’for the supply of Interpretation
and Translation services, having
consulted with the Executive Director of Children’s Services and
theCabinet Member for Children’s
Safeguarding and Early Years,
in accordance with the
Individual Cabinet Member decision of 20 June
2023: 
 
DECISION 
 
1.    
To award
individual call-off contract by each partner for the supply of
Gloucestershire Translation and Interpretation service to
the Word360 (Registered
Company No. 05498277).  The four partners
as part ofa
multi-organisation tender collective
‘One
Gloucestershire’, are as follows: 
·       
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
(GHT),  
·       
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
(GHC),  
·       
NHS
Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
(ICB),  
·       
Gloucestershire County Council
(GCC) 
 
2.
The proposed contract shall continue for
an initial period of
3 years and include
an option to extend its term
for a further period of not more than
1 year (+1).   
 
The framework timescales since approval of the ICM report (link below) mean that the
extension can only be for one year. The impact should be minimal as
the total spend will be reducing.    
 
3.
To terminatethe current contract
30th
June 2025
with the incumbent supplier,
following one month’s notice
as approved in the ICM decision below.