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Published 30 Sept 2026, 16:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Corporate Laptop Refresh Programme - Market Engagement

Authority: Milton Keynes City Council (Local council)

GoodsSME suitable
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30) Delivery: South East (UKJ12)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 6 mostarts 4 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Milton Keynes City Council (the Council) is undertaking an Early Market Engagement exercise with suppliers to obtain market intelligence and supplier feedback to inform the Council's procurement strategy for the replacement of approximately 1,600 corporate laptops. This market engagement is intended solely to gather information and feedback from the market. It is not a call for competition, invitation to tender, pre-qualification exercise or a commitment by the Council to undertake any procurement or award any contract. Any future procurement opportunity will be advertised separately and conducted through an appropriate procurement process.

Suppliers that would like to take part in this market engagement process are invited to "Express Interest" on Council's e-tendering portal, InTend, https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/milton-keynes/home upon which they will be given access to the market engagement documentation.

Deadline for submissions of the supplier response will be 12 noon; 14 October 2026.

Any questions relating to this market engagement should be made via InTend correspondence.

CPV: Personal computers · Portable computers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 6 moSME
Contract period: 4 Jan 2027 — 2 Jul 2027 (6 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: South East
30213000 Personal computers30213100 Portable computers

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2026, 16:46 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 16:46 BST
Authority reference
2026-268
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Personal computersPortable computers
Delivery area
South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e0d

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    30 Sept 2026, 16:46 BST
  2. Market engagementin 14 days
    14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTMarket Engagement document is available at the Council's e-tendering portal, InTend, supplier.in-tend.co.uk/milton-keynes/home ↗.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 62 days
    1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 95 days
    4 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 16:46 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Milton Keynes City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLDZ-6131-PWZH Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, South East, MK9 3EJ [email protected] 01908691691

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure