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Corporate Laptop Refresh Programme - Market Engagement

Issued by Milton Keynes City Council · via UK Find a Tender Service

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Published
30 Sept 2026
Reference
2026-268
Location
United Kingdom
Sector
IT & Telecom
Type
goods

At a glance

Milton Keynes City Council in United Kingdom has published a request for information in it & telecom: “Corporate Laptop Refresh Programme - Market Engagement”. The notice does not state a closing date, so confirm the timetable on the official portal. Quote reference 2026-268 in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 9 notices from this buyer since 2026, 5 of them currently open. There are 180 open it & telecom notices in United Kingdom on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through UK Find a Tender Service, not through FreeTender.

Details

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.

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