Language Services Contract Award

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire has awarded a contract for Language Services. This contract was established through a competitive process led by Warwickshire Police, in collaboration with several regional police forces, including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia, and West Midlands. The contract covers a range of language services, including: - Face-to-face interpreter services - Telephone interpreter services - British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter services (both face-to-face and remote) - Video interpreting (for both spoken and non-spoken languages) - Written translation, transcription, and proofreading services Each police force will create its own contract under this agreement, which will last for 2 years and 11 months, with no option for extension. The total estimated value of the contract across all nine forces is £11.3 million.