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Published 28 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Language Translation Services — UK public procurement notice

Authority: The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (Central government)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: London (UKI)
Published estimate£7,750,000≈ £3.9m / year · £9,687,500 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 2 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsup to 4 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement is being conducted by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on behalf of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) who are the Contracting Authority as defined in Section 2 of the Procurement Act 2023.

Request for information for a managed language translation service.

CPV: Translation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 — 1 Mar 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsDelivery: London
Extensions
Extension options published
79530000 Translation services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
28 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST
Authority reference
2932
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Translation services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b29

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedjust passed
    28 Sept 2026, 09:50 BST
  2. Market engagementin 22 days
    20 Oct 2026, 00:59 BSTRequest for information issued to the market, followed by targeted market engagement with interested suppliers.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 36 days
    2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 154 days
    1 Mar 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
    28 Sept 2026, 09:50 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PTMT-7816-YCQG 169 Union Street, London, London, SE1 0LL

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure