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Milton Keynes City Council

Photographer for Citizenship Ceremonies at Civic Offices

Business ServicesCPV 22315000
Value£50k
Deadline2 Sept 2026
Published5 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 5 Aug 202627 days leftCloses 2 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Procurement Team
corporateprocurement@milton-keynes.gov.uk
01908691691

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £92k
this tender£0£2.4m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Printed Matter & Publishing band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 2,467 valued Printed Matter & Publishing tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Milton Keynes City Council has published 170 notices across all categories, and 14% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Milton Keynes City Council are currently out to tender for the provision of a Photographer for Citizenship Ceremonies.

Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full tender documentation through this e-tendering system.

Suppliers will be notified by email, and the tender documents can be accessed from the “My Tenders” area of this website by selecting the “View Details” button for this tender.

Deadline for submissions of the tender will be 12 noon 2nd September 2026.

Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted.

Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the website.

Please do not engage with any persons in the Council via email or phone regarding this tender.

What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dc3f
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
074136-2026
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