Lot 5

The contract starts on January 1, 2027. It is initially for a firm period of 1 year, and can be expressly renewed three times for an additional year each, potentially extending the total duration to 4 years.

Key milestones include:

• The provisional notification date of the contract is November 30, 2026.
• The period between the contract notification date and its effective start date is dedicated to designating operational referents and holding scheduled meetings.
• For renewals, France Travail will make a decision at least one calendar month before the expiry of each contractual period. The contractor cannot refuse the renewal.

The core scope of work for this tender is the provision of interpreting, intercultural mediation, and translation (IMIT) services for job seekers in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

The key deliverables and services explicitly stated include:

• Interpreting services: This encompasses both in-person and video-conference/telephone interpreting.
• Intercultural mediation: This service is included concomitantly with interpreting services.
• Translation services: This covers the translation of texts (charged per word) and the translation of foreign language audio recordings (also charged per word, with transcription included).

The services are divided into multiple lots, each corresponding to a specific department, and require coverage of mandatory languages, such as English and literary/dialectal Arabic across several lots, with Lot 7 (Gironde) additionally requiring Bulgarian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.