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title: "Corporate Laptop Refresh Programme - Market Engagement"
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# Corporate Laptop Refresh Programme - Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/corporate-laptop-refresh-programme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-077e0d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Milton Keynes Council: "Corporate Laptop Refresh Programme - Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Milton Keynes Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/milton-keynes-council-ons-e06000042)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Personal computers, Portable computers
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ12
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/corporate-laptop-refresh-programme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-077e0d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-077e0d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/corporate-laptop-refresh-programme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-077e0d#tl-md)

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 30213000, 30213100
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 04/01/2027 to 02/07/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F092571-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-30T15:46:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:33:20.194Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-077e0d