---
title: "Language Translation Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077b29"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime"
published: "2026-09-28"
---

# Language Translation Services

Buyer: The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077b29

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## Summary

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime is planning a managed language translation service, with the Metropolitan Police Service conducting the procurement on its behalf. The requirement is for translation services to support the organisations’ work. Delivery is in the United Kingdom. The available description identifies a managed service rather than individual translation assignments, but does not describe the languages, subject areas, volumes or service model in further detail. Suppliers specialising in managed translation provision are the closest fit; providers whose work is limited to unrelated services are unlikely to find this procurement relevant.

This is at the planning stage: the buyer has expressed an intention to procure but has not invited tenders. The stated procurement value is £7.75 million excluding VAT (£9.6875 million including VAT). The single lot is expected to run from 1 March 2027 to 1 March 2029, with an extension possibility to 28 February 2031. The buyer expects to publish a further notice by 2 November 2026. It plans to issue a request for information to the market, followed by targeted engagement with interested suppliers, with the engagement milestone dated 19 October 2026. The procedure and evaluation approach are not yet set out in the planning information.

This planning exercise is most relevant to suppliers able to provide a managed translation service at substantial scale, rather than firms offering only occasional or highly limited translation work. The stated value and multi-year term indicate a sizeable, sustained requirement, and suppliers should consider whether they can support the Metropolitan Police Service and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime as service users. The buyer plans market engagement with interested suppliers, giving providers with relevant delivery experience an opportunity to contribute to early market discussions. The procurement information does not identify particular language capabilities, accreditations, staffing levels, security requirements or quality standards, so suppliers should not assume these have been confirmed. No invitation to bid has been issued; this is a preparation-stage procurement.

## Notice

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.

### Planning Information

Request for information issued to the market, followed by targeted market engagement with interested suppliers.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091269-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Mar 2027 - 1 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £7,750,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 0LL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79530000 - Translation services

## Release History

- 28 Sep 2026 at 09:50 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091269-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091269-2026
  28th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://supplier.coupahost.com/quotes/public_events?customer=metpolice
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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