Official UK procurement notice
Interpreting Services and Digital Language Services - Market Engagement
Authority: Milton Keynes Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMilton Keynes City Council ('the Council') would like to engage in discussions with providers of Interpreter Service to develop collaborative approaches to increasing local sufficiency.
Milton Keynes City Council is seeking early engagement with the market to inform the development of a new contract model that reflects both traditional and digital approaches to language access. This will ensure continued support and improved service delivery; it is proposed that the Interpreter Service be recommissioned from 1 May 2026 under a new contract structure.
The contract will be looking to cover both traditional and digital approaches to language access.
The recommissioned service will be:
- Traditional Interpreting Services: (Face-to-Face, Telephone, and Video Interpreting - Spoken and Non-Spoken)
- Digital and AI-Supported Language Tools: (Translation, Transcription, and Communication Support Technologies)
We are keen to hear from providers on the questions given in the market engagement document. The responses to the questions will help the Council in developing the specification and the tender.
Please respond to the questions within the attached document by latest 5pm on 16th July 2025 via In-Tend Correspondence section/market engagement stage. A provider engagement event will be held w/c 28th July 2025, please indicate in the attached document if you would like to receive an invitation.
The Market Engagement document can be accessed on our e-tendering portal: in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home ↗
CPV: Foreign language translation software development services · Foreign language translation software package · Translation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jul 2025, 16:32 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2025, 16:36 BST
- Authority reference
2025-062- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036934- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0557e0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 Jul 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published2 Jul 2025, 16:32 BST
- Market engagement16 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Milton Keynes City Council ('the Council') would like to engage in discussions with providers of Interpreter Service to develop collaborative approaches to increasing local sufficiency.
Milton Keynes City Council is seeking early engagement with the market to inform the development of a new contract model that reflects both traditional and digital approaches to language access. This will ensure continued support and improved service delivery; it is proposed that the Interpreter Service be recommissioned from 1 May 2026 under a new contract structure.
The contract will be looking to cover both traditional and digital approaches to language access.
The recommissioned service will be:
- Traditional Interpreting Services: (Face-to-Face, Telephone, and Video Interpreting - Spoken and Non-Spoken)
- Digital and AI-Supported Language Tools: (Translation, Transcription, and Communication Support Technologies)
We are keen to hear from providers on the questions given in the market engagement document. The responses to the questions will help the Council in developing the specification and the tender.
Please respond to the questions within the attached document by latest 5pm on 16th July 2025 via In-Tend Correspondence section/market engagement stage. A provider engagement event will be held w/c 28th July 2025, please indicate in the attached document if you would like to receive an invitation.
The Market Engagement document can be accessed on our e-tendering portal: in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home ↗
- Tender notice expected386 days ago6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts180 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Jul 2025, 16:32 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Jul 2025, 16:36 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Amended dates as did not pull through from e-tendering portal correctly.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender