Tenders/Machine Translation

Machine Translation

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
Published: Nov 6, 2026
Updated: Nov 6, 2026
Source: UK FTS - Find a Tender Service

About This Opportunity

This is a supplies contract in the security and defense, governance and public administration and media and communication sectors, with a focus on Police and Translation. Located in United Kingdom, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

Published through UK FTS - Find a Tender Service, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for the supply of goods in the security and defense sector. Supply contracts typically require bidders to demonstrate product compliance with technical specifications, delivery capacity, and relevant certifications. This is an advance notice — the formal tender is expected to be published shortly. Interested parties can use this time to prepare documentation and identify potential partners.

Description

Machine Translation Requirements Overview The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is seeking to improve investigative outcomes and intelligence dividends through the deployment of machine translation & transcription tooling. The tooling will enable the rapid translation of non-English language material (text & audio) from a wide variety of sources to support decision making and the intelligence development cycle within a timeframe of relevance. Adopting automation will also release capacity among qualified linguists within the translation pathway to focus resourcing on the timely production of evidential material to build more robust prosecutions whilst providing greater transparency into unused material. The tooling will deliver the capability across all business groups across the Service at the point of need. The MPS is seeking to better understand solutions capable of delivering a secure, scalable and operationally effective machine translation capability capable of supporting both investigative and intelligence-led policing activities. Please note the requirement is not for human translators or human translation services. The solution must: • Provide a flexible suite of languages, high out-put (rate and file upload size), and accuracy validation & support multiple common file formats. • Include transcription capability for audio / video product within the translation cycle. • Have the requisite security architecture, accreditation and governance in place to process material up to Government Security Classification (GSC) OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE.

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from UK FTS - Find a Tender Service and was originally published on November 6, 2026. Last refreshed today. Reference: 105964-2026. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime has issued 224 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 17 currently open and 133 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Governance & Public Administration, Information & Communication Technology, and Security, Defense & Justice. All notices are published for United Kingdom. Notices are distributed via UK FTS - Find a Tender Service and UK Contracts Finder. Most recent publication: November 5, 2026.

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This is a Supplies contract in the Security, Defense & Justice sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.

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The contract is for delivery in United Kingdom. Foreign bidders should review local registration, taxation, and any in-country presence requirements before submitting.

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Visit UK FTS - Find a Tender Service to access the full notice, required documents, and submission instructions. Quote reference 105964-2026 when communicating with the contracting authority.

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This notice was issued by Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime in United Kingdom. The authority is responsible for evaluating bids, awarding the contract, and managing performance.

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Key Details

Contract Type
Supplies
Eligibility
Firms / Consortiums
Language
English
Reference
105964-2026

Source

uk_fts
UK FTS - Find a Tender Service
Public Procurement

Contracting Authority

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
🇬🇧United Kingdom