It’s Done: Norway Just Centralized Police Interpreting
Norway announces winners of nationwide police interpreting contract. Move comes after watchdog fined police for purchasing interpreting services without a tender. Continue reading
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Semantix Pulls Out of Major Interpreting Deal Over ‘Low Price’ as Hero Tolk Wins Big
Sweden announces winners of potential USD 81m interpretation framework after highest court overrules appeal to supplier selection process. Continue reading
In EUR 24m Finnish Contract, Everyone Gets a Slice of the Pie
Hansel, the Finnish government’s centralized procurement unit, has just announced contract awards to a total of 12 providers for a justice and litigation services and interpretation tender, worth... Continue reading
Finnish Procurement Agency Reacts to Critics
Government procurement agency Hansel defends itself against critics of the way it handled Finland’s EUR 37.5m interpretation contract; denies it changed rules mid-process. Continue reading
Finland’s Procurement Agency Blamed for Language Contract Chaos
Central procurement agency Hansel leaves Finnish government without language service contracts; source says big government clients may launch own tenders. Affected LSPs take Hansel to court.... Continue reading
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Southern Shore to Northern Plain: Europe Awards EUR 100m in Language Contracts
EU awards EUR 63.5m interpretation contract to meet language needs of immigrants from southern border; Finland, EUR 37.5m, for those who make it way up north. Continue reading
Finland Keeps Vendors on Edge With Renewal of EUR 37.5m Interpretation Contract
After withdrawing twice, government contracting agency re-issues call for tender on renewal of major framework agreement for interpretation. Vendors under current framework include Semantix and... Continue reading
The Biggest Language Industry Hires of 2016
From newly formed ULG to MotaWord, Cloudwords, thebigword, and RWS's CTi unit, 2016 has seen its fair share of senior appointments in the language industry. Here is a roundup of last year's most... Continue reading
Who Went Where—The Week in Language Industry Hires
Technology may enable humans to replace many things, but relationships remain a constant in the language industry. Amid today’s great technology disruption, the human touch will not go away, says... Continue reading
Norway’s Hero Tolk Sets Sail for Finland, Acquires Helsingin Tulkkipalvelut
Norwegian interpretation group Hero Tolk enters the market in Finland and acquires Helsingin Tulkkipalvelut. CEO expects combined group to generate USD 15m in 2016. Arabic, Somali, Tigrinya,... Continue reading
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