UK Selects 20 Language Service Providers for USD 100m Contract
Purchasing consortium ESPO names 20 winners of four-year contract. Framework largely for over-the-phone interpreting, virtual remote interpreting, and in-person interpreting.
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These Language Service Providers Won Europe’s Giant TRAD19 Contract
European Commission’s half-million-page TRAD19 tender is awarded to 68 language service providers (LSPs). Analysis of top suppliers, price per page, language combinations.
Language Service Providers Respond to Coronavirus Lockdowns
We surveyed the response of language service providers from across the globe to the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s what we found.
UK Gives Heads Up on USD 100m Translation and Interpreting Contract
UK’s ESPO announces a fresh public sector contract worth up to USD 100m for translation and interpreting services as previous framework contract nears expiry.
Slator Jobs Index Reaches New High in December 2018
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, reached a new high of 104.02 in December 2018 vs 100.85 the previous month.
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.
Nice Frame: UK Ups Value to GBP 120m in Framework Award
Very large framework agreements are the United Kingdom’s language service sourcing flavor du jour as contracting agency ESPO puts a GBP 120m figure on the value of a contract awarded to no less than 13 vendors.
Why 2 When You Can Have 12? UK Council Goes Multivendor
Perhaps heeding lessons learned about a single-vendor strategy on a national level, the Coventry City Council’s Procurement Team shifts gears and awards a single GBP 1.08m language services contract to 12 suppliers.
Who Went Where―The Week in Language Industry Hires
A roundup of recent appointments to senior management and business development positions at TransPerfect, Lionbridge, Park IP, Lingotek, and others; Moravia and Vistatec on a hiring spree.
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