UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Procurement of DevOps Services

The Home Office (the Authority) has a statutory duty under Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 to discharge its immigration and asylum functions having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the UK. This includes Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) who arrive in the UK and enter the immigration system without a parent or guardian. The Support Services for UASC ensure that their immediate needs are met upon arrival in Kent, or elsewhere, prior to entering the care of a local authority. Additionally, there is a need to ensure UASC have access to information and support to help them navigate the asylum process. The services will operate alongside, and in collaboration with the Authority and a range of other services and Authority suppliers, to enable the effective operation of the system to manage and support UASC. It is recognised that service users may require only one, or a combination of these services at any given time. Therefore, all services areas must be available, but would be delivered on an as-required basis, according to the needs of each individual case. The core service areas are: Service Area 1: Delivery of Services at Kent Intake Unit (KIU) Service Area 2: Delivery of Orientation Sessions

This is notice of a planned procurement opportunity to perform the annual MCA Workboat survey and issue of MCA Workboat Code 3 certifications for each Border Security Command (BSC) RHIB for a full five-year certification period. This notice is issued to enable potential bidders to prepare for, and express an interest in this work. The RHIBs are built in accordance with MCA Work Boat Code Edition 2 Amendment 1 and hold current certification for operation category 4/3R 10 Nautical Miles The full requirement will be provided at Tender stage, expected to be early October 2026. The tender opportunity will be issued via the Home Office eSourcing Portal and bidders must therefore ensure they have registered: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/ Bidders will also need to be registered on the UK Government's Central Digital Platform (Find a Tender Service). This is known as GOV.UK One Login and can be accessed at https://signin.account.gov.uk/sign-in-or-create

This is notice of a planned procurement opportunity to perform the MCA Load Line docking and equipment inspection on HMC Valiant. The Cutter docking activities will take place early 2027 for a maximum of 3 weeks. This notice is issued to enable potential bidders to prepare for, and express an interest in, this work. The requirement will include dry docking the vessel, inspecting the underwater hull preservation, hull valves, anodes, removal and inspection of the shaft line, rudders and stabilisers. Also including the inspection of internal tanks throughout the Cutter. The full requirement will be provided at Tender stage, expected to be in November 2026. The regional location for this opportunity will be based on operational activity and confirmed when the Tender Opportunity is launched. The tender opportunity will be issued via the Home Office eSourcing Portal and bidders must therefore ensure they have registered: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/ Bidders will also need to be registered on the UK Government's Central Digital Platform (Find a Tender Service). This is known as GOV.UK One Login and can be accessed at https://signin.account.gov.uk/sign-in-or-create

Market Engagement: Strategic Central and Bureau Platform (SCBP) procurement The Home Office is seeking to engage with potential suppliers ahead of two potential future procurements covering the support, development, transition and ongoing modernisation of the Strategic Central and Bureau Platform and associated services. SCBP is a critical Home Office digital capability that underpins a range of biometric, identity, and law enforcement systems, supporting operational decision making across immigration, borders, policing and wider law enforcement activity. SCBP plays a key role in enabling the Home Office and its partners to protect the public, prevent and detect criminality, and safeguard vulnerable individuals, while ensuring appropriate controls over data privacy, security and access. SCBP is a key component of the Home Office Biometrics landscape which provides a shared, resilient capability to host and support multiple biometric and identity related services, enabling the secure processing, storage and exchange of sensitive data. It supports both live operational services and analytical capabilities, operating at national scale and across multiple delivery partners, technologies and hosting arrangements. The Home Office has recently transitioned much of the technology onto more modern and widely adopted technology stacks, potentially opening up more of the required support and development functions to suppliers with broader expertise and presenting greater opportunities for a wider range of suppliers to participate. As a result the Home Office is currently considering its future commercial and delivery approach for SCBP including potential disaggregation and is keen to engage early with the market to test assumptions, gather supplier insight, and inform the development of its procurement strategy, scope and delivery model. Indicative Scope The potential supplier(s) may be required to provide elements relating to the SCBP platform and associated services, which may include (but are not limited to): • Biometric experience • Platform hosting and infrastructure services • Application and platform engineering and support services • Security, resilience and availability services • Integration with dependent Home Office and third party systems • Data management, environment management and tooling • Transition, onboarding and knowledge transfer services • Support for live service operations and continuous improvement • Transformation services The precise scope, delivery model and commercial structure are subject to further development and will be informed by this and subsequent market engagement activity. All dates and values described within this notice refer to the entirety of scope, which may potentially result in more than one procurement and potential contracts. Note given the potential disaggregation approach, interested suppliers may not be required to provide all of the scope described above. The estimated value included in this notice is based on current annual charges and represents an indicative upper bound only. A significant proportion of the cost relates to services that are currently under consideration for alternative delivery models, including potential insourcing or partial insourcing. As a result, the Authority has material uncertainty over the final scope, structure and cost of any future procurement(s). This market engagement may result in one or more procurements and, if taken forward, may lead to contracts with differing lengths and values materially lower than or otherwise different from the indicative figure stated. Final scope, structure and value will be determined following further analysis and engagement and will be confirmed through any future procurement notice(s).

**This Planned Procurement Notice is issued for information only, to update the market on anticipated procurement timescales. It does not invite requests to participate or the submission of tenders.** Provision of in-country and overseas Escorting, including related services, to transport detained individuals to and from various locations including but not limited to Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs), air and sea ports, Holding Rooms, Residential Short Term Holding Facilities, and overseas to other countries. Background: The Home Office is responsible for detaining and enforcing the removal of people from the UK who have no legal basis to remain here. The Escorting Services contract is fundamental to delivering this through the movement of people within the UK, which supports the functioning of the immigration detention / removal estate; the removal of people from the UK, which is predominately via air travel and a mix of escorted (to destination) and unescorted (not escorted to destination). The contract also includes the operation, management and maintenance of Residential Short-Term Holding Facilities and the operation and management of Non-Residential Short-Term Holding Facilities at air/seaports and Immigration Enforcement reporting centres (STHFs). STHFs support the wider immigration detention / removal estate, enforcement activity within the community and protection of the UK border. Requirement (please note not exhaustive and subject to change): Management Services – includes operational control centre, performance monitoring and reporting, audit arrangement, and complaint procedures. Core Services – includes welfare, care of children, risk assessments, use of force, medical support, staffing & personnel and training. In-Country Escorting – 24/7 escorting between locations within the UK. Includes prisons, police stations, hospitals (inc bed watches), STHFs, Immigration Removal Centres. Also includes escort to aircraft for purpose of removal (unescorted) and provision of medical escorts. Overseas Escorting – 24/7 escorting from place of detention within the UK to designated overseas destination, primarily via air travel with a mix between scheduled and charter flights. Also includes provision of medical escorts and interfacing with the authorities travel service provider. Non-Residential STHF - the operation and management of designated holding rooms across all parts of the UK. There are currently 28 of these facilities which operate up to 24/7 and can hold people up to 24 hours and beyond in certain circumstances. Residential STHF – the operation, management and maintenance of RSTHF across all parts of the UK. There are currently 3 of these facilities which operate 24/7 and can hold people up to 7 days in certain circumstances. Juxtaposed Controls (Northern France) 24/7 escorting services with the UK control zones (Calais, Coquelles, and Dunkerque) and operation and management of 5 (currently) holding rooms at these French ports.

The Home Office (HO) is the government department responsible for safeguarding the nation through border control, immigration, passport issuance, policing, fire services, counter-terrorism and drugs policies. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) plays an integral role in delivering this vision, managing millions of applications annually, enabling foreign nationals to visit, study, work or settle in the UK. As part of the evolution of existing services, UKVI pursues the transformation and modernisation of services in a manner that enhances customer experience and ensures accurate and efficient outcomes. One of the core services delivered by UKVI is the Life in the UK test, an essential component of the route to settlement in the UK and to UK citizenship. The Life in the UK Secure Digital Test and Digital Online Learning Materials Service (LITUK) Project is procuring a new service; enabling the continued delivery of front-end services, balancing continuity with improvements and transformation. LITUK aims to move to a 'Digital-by-Default' approach, while upholding the rigorous standards necessary to support UKVI immigration decisions. The successful provider will deliver a service that combines technological innovation with security assurance, enabling customers to demonstrate their knowledge of life in the UK with confidence and convenience throughout their UK immigration journey. The purpose of this second round of Preliminary Market Engagement is to gather insights from the market regarding the desired solution, which will inform and support Departmental decision-making processes. At this stage, no final decisions have been made regarding the preferred solution. Please Note: the content of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice may be subject to change.

The Home Office anticipates conducting a procurement for an end-to-end digital case-management platform and associated configuration, integration, migration, implementation, transition and managed-service capability for the Subject Access Request Unit. Subject Access Requests are the primary driver for the requirement, although the proposed solution is also expected to support Freedom of Information requests and Parliamentary Questions through configurable workflows and shared core case-management capability. The proposed requirement may include: - a configurable and secure case-management platform; - customer submission and identity-verification capability or integration; - configurable workflows, case administration, deadline management and auditability; - document handling, processing and redaction capability; - management information and operational reporting; - integration with Authority-approved services, systems and platforms; - configuration, implementation and testing; - migration from existing systems and repositories; - training, transition, go-live and service stabilisation; - ongoing managed-service, support, maintenance, security and resilience; and - exit and transition-out support. The Authority currently intends to conduct a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. The final scope, procedure, timetable, contract term, estimated value and procurement documents remain subject to refinement and approval.

The Border Security Command have a requirement for two large fast boats, complete with road transport with launching and recovery capability. The boats must have cabins and be certificated to MCA Area Category 2. The full requirement will be shared in a further market engagement ahead of the Tender stage. The details for the procurement are subject to change following feedback from this market engagement, including start and end dates. The Authority notes that the requirement is within the scope of consideration under PPN 025. An assessment of the applicability and implications of PPN 025 is currently ongoing, and the Authority will take the outcome of that assessment into account as part of this procurement process. Please note, the tender opportunity will be issued via the Home Office eSourcing Portal and bidders must therefore ensure they have registered: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/

The Home Office seeks to engage suppliers for the provision of healthcare services at short-term holding facilities and ports of entry across the UK. These services will support individuals whilst detained for short periods of time including in, but not limited to, short-term holding facilities as defined under the Short-Term Holding Facilities Rules 2018 (as amended), where individuals can be held up to 24 hours. The Authority is seeking a flexible, responsive and value for money healthcare solution that meets the basic needs of individuals and can be flexible to different service environments; the short-term holding facilities are located at different location types across the UK which include Airports, Seaports, and Reporting Centres. Remote Healthcare Services: This market engagement aims to understand supplier capabilities and appetite, to further refine the Authority’s specification and gather feedback on the proposed approach of remote healthcare services. This includes gaining further understanding of both the provision of Clinicians to undertake remote consultations and the provision of IT infrastructure required to deliver a remote only healthcare service. The content of this Notice, including the nature of services and the start date of the contract, is subject to change. The contract is expected to commence in early 2028. The length of contract has not been confirmed yet. For the purposes of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice, the estimated contract value has been listed as £0. This figure does not reflect the expected final value of the contract. The actual estimated value is currently being finalised and will be shared later.

The Home Office will be adopting the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) Dynamic Purchasing System (RM6200) for Artificial Intelligence as the route to market. This market engagement notice is to notify the AI supplier community of the potential opportunity and to enable suppliers to register or align themselves via the GCA Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Therefore, to be able to submit a tender and participate, you must be registered as a supplier on the Dynamic Purchasing System ASAP. Please note that this can take up to 15 days; Be registered on the DPS by following the below link by COP 5th November 2026 https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register The Home Office will pull a shortlist on 6th November 2026 based on the available suppliers being registered and available on the AI Dynamic Purchasing System. Please note that it is the Suppliers responsibility to ensure they are registered on the DPS and showing live prior to this date. Please note only suppliers who get shortlisted will be added and invited to the ITT tender stage and be able to view & submit a bid via the GCA Public Procurement Gateway portal. If you do not hear from the Home Office this means your company has not been successful with the shortlisting process. The Home Office is looking to award a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 1 year. The Home Office requires an AI delivery partner to maintain, enhance and develop it's AI as a Service platform capability which provides reusable AI services, multi-cloud infrastructure and an assured delivery model to business areas across Home Office. If you have any queries concerning this Market Engagement Notice, these should be sent to [email protected]. Please include "Project_21011" in the email subject for any correspondence. Disclaimer: 1. This early market engagement notice does not indicate that any procurement activity has started, will start, nor that your organisation has been granted any special status. 2. The Home Office is not bound to any course of action (including concluding a contract with any supplier) as a result of early market engagement. 3. The Home Office reserves the right to issue anonymised outputs from early procurement market engagement to all potential providers. 4. The Home Office reserves the right to amend the scope or timing of early procurement market engagement at any time. 5. During the ITT stage suppliers are to communicate only via the GCA Public Procurement Gateway portal Crown Commercial Service C&SM and not to contact any Home Office individuals. 6. Participation in early procurement market engagement activity is undertaken at the participants' own cost and expense.  Additional information: The Home Office intends to use the following filters in the DPS to shortlist suppliers. It is the responsibility of suppliers to manage and maintain up to date filters to ensure they are included in upcoming opportunities. Filters are subject to change based on business need and requirements. Applicability & Value Analyses, Use Case Pilots, Research & Development (R&D), Design & Build, Implementation, Product and Service Maintenance, Virtual Assistants and Chatbots, Federated Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Generative AI, Speech Recognition, Frontier LLM's, Expert Systems, Neural Networks / Deep Learning, Fuzzy Logic, Data Visualisation and Reporting, Data Governance and Management, Enhanced Decision Support, Predictive AI, Central Government. The Home Office intends to issue a Request for Information (RFI) to the suppliers registered on the AI DPS with the above filters on 8th September 2026. If you are not currently registered on the DPS and/or have not selected these filters as part of your application, you will not receive the RFI. If you have not received the RFI and wish to be included in this process, please email [email protected]. Please include "Project_21011" in the email subject for any correspondence.

The Home Office Enterprise Networks & Infrastructure function is preparing a Further Competition to procure a Hosting Capability Supplier. This supplier will provide a comprehensive 24x7 operational support capability, alongside outcome-based engineering, transformation and service delivery services across the Home Office technology estate. The scope of the requirement includes: - Platform services spanning both on-premise and cloud environments. - Legacy infrastructure and application support, including the transformation and modernisation of services to align with future-state technology strategies. - Hosting, cloud, network and infrastructure operational support and engineering services. The Hosting Capability Supplier will absorb service elements currently delivered through the Home Office's Network Capability Services (NCS) and Private IaaS contracts that are not provided by internal Networks & Infrastructure engineering teams. This includes integrating the Network Operations Centre (NOC) into a single commercial construct, simplifying supplier engagement, reducing contractual complexity, and removing longstanding interdependencies across the hosting, platform, cloud, network and infrastructure landscape. The supplier will also be expected to support the transition from legacy technologies and applications, driving service improvement, resilience, automation, and transformation outcomes across the estate while maintaining business-critical operational services. Only those suppliers who are registered to provide services via Lot 4 of the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) Technology Services 4 framework (reference number RM6190) shall be eligible to participate in the Competitive Selection Process. Please note, this notice supersedes the UK2 notice published on the 24th August 2026, notice identifier: 2026/S 000-080198. The only material change made within this notice can be found within the amended 'Engagement Process Description' section.

The Home Office (the Authority) has a statutory duty under Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 to discharge its immigration and asylum functions having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the UK. In addition to this, under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide temporary support for Asylum Seekers who appear to be destitute or are likely to become destitute within a prescribed period. These obligations include Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) who arrive in the UK and enter the immigration system without a parent or guardian as well as an adult Asylum Seeker Cohort. The service includes the arrangement of transport on behalf of local authorities, as well as the Home Office, for the movement of UASC when these movements are required. A number of core business units will utilise this contract. Further details will be provided through additional materials that will be made available to parties, upon completion and receipt of a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (more information for which is set out in this document). This service will not be used for Home Office staff transport and is intended as a civilian travel programme only. The Home Office is still considering all of its options with regards to aggregation and disaggregation and therefore encourages suppliers who may not be able to deliver the full scope of services to still participate in any subsequent market engagement activity. The purpose of this engagement is to better understand market capability, capacity, delivery models, and commercial approaches available to support the future service. Information regarding service requirements, volumes and operational arrangement will be shared with interested organisations as part of this engagement activity. Please refer to “Engagement process description” below. The content of this Notice, including the estimated contract value and indicative contract timelines, is subject to change and does not commit the Authority to commence any procurement process.

The Future Asylum Contracts Transformation (FACT), formerly Asylum Support and Accommodation Programme (ASAP), is a long-term transformation programme in the delivery of asylum support and accommodation services. The objective is a transformative re-procurement of services to replace the following contracts: • Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC) • Advice Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) • Bridging Accommodation and Travel Services (BATS) • Asylum Support Payments (ASP) The Home Office will be going to market for supplier(s) who can: 1. Accommodation Provision – Identify, acquire, and maintain a diverse range of safe, suitable, and legally compliant accommodation types within agreed timescales and contracted regions to meet the varied needs of asylum seekers. Ensure accommodation aligns with statutory and regulatory standards, and is approved and allocated in collaboration with Local Authorities to support lawful use, community integration, and minimal impact on local services. 2. Accommodation Management – Maintain accommodation to defined standards throughout its lifecycle, with robust systems in place for maintenance, temporary housing, and complaint communication and resolution to ensure a safe, suitable, and responsive living environment for asylum seekers. 3. Transport – Arrange, manage, and deliver a 24/7/365 transportation service that is safe, timely, and responsive to asylum seeker needs in line with Home Office policy, whether independently or as directed by the Home Office. This includes the use of suitable, appropriately equipped, roadworthy vehicles and professional drivers, supported by an appropriate IT booking system, and ensuring the transport of asylum seekers, their dependents, and permitted belongings with appropriate assistance and within agreed timescales. 4. Sustenance – Ensure that asylum seekers receive appropriate interim support through food vouchers or cash, including issuing food vouchers as a temporary or emergency measure until a Section 4 payment card is provided or replaced, and providing cash where full board accommodation is not available. 5. Safety and Security – Ensure the safety and security of all staff and asylum seekers by implementing appropriate training, incident management, cross-provider collaboration, and vetting procedures. 6. Audit & Assurance Services – Monitor provider compliance and performance through a structured assurance framework, combining inspections, desk-based reviews, and data analysis to identify trends, risks, and areas for improvement. The assuror must also produce clear, evidence-based reports to support supplier management and meet the reporting requirements of external assurance bodies. 7. Service User Assistance – The Provider must ensure that asylum seekers receive clear, accessible, and timely information and support throughout their asylum journey - from initial application and arrival at accommodation to integration into the community. This includes maintaining a reliable single point of contact, delivering oral and written communication in a way asylum seekers can understand, assisting with access to local services, and continuously monitoring and improving the asylum seeker experience through inclusive feedback mechanisms. 8. Wellbeing and Safeguarding – Establish effective communication channels with relevant partners to ensure timely notification and coordination on safeguarding and wellbeing matters. Where safeguarding concerns are identified, specialist safeguarding staff must be deployed and follow the prescribed action plan. Proactively prevent and reduce safeguarding incidents, the Provider must offer ongoing support to asylum seekers and ensure that all staff and asylum seekers have access to resources that help them recognise, respond to, and report safeguarding concerns. Regular welfare checks must be conducted for all asylum seekers. ------- The Home Office intends to procure a proportion of the services under the Light Touch regime in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. For the avoidance of doubt following the delivery model change in relation to Service User (SU) Assistance and External Assurance. To clarify, Service User Assistance will be procured via a separate Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP), supported by its own Market Engagement (ME) activity, and is therefore out of scope of the current procurement. In addition, External Assurance will be procured via an alternative route and does not form part of this CFP. Suppliers are requested to continue monitoring the original PMEN for any updates or further clarifications relevant to the current procurement. **The content of this Notice, including the nature of works and services including start date of contract, may be subject to change.**

Procurement of UCD Capability across HO

The UK Home Office (referred to hereafter as the Authority) is seeking further input from prospective suppliers through a Request for Information (RFI) exercise in support of its planned Quality Assurance and Testing (QAT) procurements. The Authority currently has a number of contracts for QAT capability aligned to portfolios across the Home Office and is developing a future commercial strategy that is expected to consolidate these services into two core testing capability contracts by Autumn 2027. Following the Authority's recent supplier engagement event on 27th July, this RFI forms the next stage of pre-market engagement. The event provided an opportunity to introduce our objectives and gather initial market feedback. Building on the insights received, the Authority is now seeking more detailed information from suppliers to help refine its requirements, further develop its procurement strategy, and inform decisions regarding the future commercial and contracting approach. The Authority is particularly interested in supplier views and experience relating to procurement and delivery models, transition and mobilisation, commercial and performance management approaches, the use of innovation, automation and Artificial Intelligence, tooling and technical capabilities, support for SMEs, and experience of supporting organisations to transition towards product-centric delivery models and Quality Engineering practices. The exact scope, duration and value of the future contracts remains under development. However, the current expectation is that each contract will have a minimum term of three years, with a maximum spend of £150m (including any extensions). While the current intention is to compete these contracts through the GCA's Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems 2 Dynamic Purchasing System (RM6148), the Authority continues to assess its options and welcomes responses from all interested suppliers. This RFI is for information gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition, nor will participation influence any future procurement process. Suppliers wishing to participate should register and respond via the Home Office eSourcing Portal: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com You will find the request for information under the section with the reference pqq_864.

The Home Office (HO) is the government department responsible for safeguarding the nation through border control, immigration, passport issuance, policing, fire services, counter-terrorism and drugs policies. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) plays an integral role in delivering this vision, managing millions of applications annually, enabling foreign nationals to visit, study, work or settle in the UK. As part of the evolution of existing services, UKVI pursues the transformation and modernisation of services in a manner that enhances customer experience and ensures accurate and efficient outcomes. One of the core services delivered by UKVI is pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening for specific visa routes. The Authority intends to procure a first-generation service to deliver TB screening globally and is seeking market input to inform the development of the delivery model, requirements, commercial strategy, and procurement approach. These may support all or part of the end-to-end TB screening journey, from appointment availability and customer booking through to clinical testing, result management, and caseworker access to screening outcomes. The service may also include elements of service management, assurance, operational oversight, customer support, digital enablement, management information, and financial administration. The Authority is considering a range of potential delivery models, including outsourced management services, healthcare-led models, regionally lotted arrangements, digital-enabled services, and hybrid delivery approaches. The anticipated core service areas are: • Appointment and capacity management • Customer booking and administration • Payment processing and financial administration • Identity verification and customer record management • Clinical TB screening services • Clinical result management and transmission • Management information and reporting • Supplier and clinic management • Service performance monitoring • Customer enquiry and complaints handling • Digital platforms and systems integration • Quality assurance and compliance activities • Governance, assurance, and service management functions Further details will be provided after a Non Disclosure Agreement has been signed and returned, in line with the process outlined in the engagement section below. Services are expected to be delivered internationally, supporting approved TB screening locations in and outside the United Kingdom. The content of this notice, including scope, structure, value and timelines, is indicative and subject to change. For the purposes of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice, the estimated contract value has been listed as £0. This figure does not reflect the expected final value of the contract. The actual estimated value is currently being finalised and will be shared at a later date.