Pre-tender

Machine Translation

Details

Topic
Foreign language translation software package
Published
5 November 2026
Submission
18 December 2026in 1 month

Tender 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.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published5 November 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Mayors Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) oversees policing and crime reduction across London from its base at City Hall, and buys as a police body with its own procurement team. Framework agreements, including a Building Works Framework renewed for 2025/26, cover recurring construction contracts. MOPAC commissions frontline services addressing violence against women, gangs and domestic abuse. Procurement and grant-making decisions follow public sector regulations to keep the process fair, transparent and accessible.

Over the past 5 years, most of MOPAC's contract awards have been in IT services, health and social work and research and development.

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