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Corporate Laptop Refresh Programme - Market Engagement

Milton Keynes City Council · Local authority

In brief

Milton Keynes City Council has announced plans to buy computer hardware work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 6 months, starting 4 January 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 19 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

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.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 092571-2026

About the buyer

  1. Maiden Erlegh Trust - Mobile Device Scheme

    Maiden Erlegh TrustNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestOffice supplies and equipment, IT services and software

    Open10 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £6mestimated

From notice 092571-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 30 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 30 September 2026.