Official UK procurement notice
Environmental Managed Investigation Services
Authority: Milton Keynes City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMilton Keynes City Council is seeking to employ a suitably qualified and experienced organisation to provide a fully supported, managed, re-deployable evidence and information gathering service with the provision of unlimited CCTV interrogation, review, and the secure supply of full evidence and information packs for investigation and analysis by authorised officers of the Council. The Council is looking for an organisation that uses innovation and initiative in considering solutions to issues raised.
The contract will involve presentation of evidence to both a civil and criminal procedures standard as well as information, surveys and reports, as instructed.
This notice is notification of award of contract
Contract start date 1st October 2026 and the contract was signed by all parties 13th October 2026, the date when the public contract was entered into as required under by 32(2)(l) (or 32(2)(j)
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 12 May 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Investigation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,200,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Please refer to Tender documents for full quality and price evaluation on InTend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/
- Price: Please refer to Tender documents for full quality and price evaluation on InTend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 12 May 2031
- First published
- 10 Jun 2026, 09:59 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 08:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
2026-026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054563- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b164Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As stated in tender Documents
- Risks
As stated in tender Documents
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
10 Jun 2026 → 14 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published132 days ago10 Jun 2026, 09:59 BST
- Clarification questions by113 days ago29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline104 days ago8 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by92 days ago20 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts79 days ago3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent42 days ago9 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends32 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published7 days ago14 Oct 2026, 08:40 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2026- Tender notice published10 Jun 2026, 09:59 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Sept 2026, 13:25 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Sept 2026, 13:25 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published14 Oct 2026, 08:40 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimewave LimitedSME1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: An option to extend for further 2 years | £1,266,240 | 28 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Environmental Managed Investigation Services · Crimewave LimitedSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2026
- Value
- £1,266,240
- Period
- 1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- An option to extend for further 2 years
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CRIMEWAVE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications To access tender documents please log into above portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender