Buyer profile · Central government
Home Office tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 30
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 143
- To 139 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1.87bn
- 110 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £100k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 17 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £6.5mestimated
- Value not stated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £50kestimated
- £882mestimated
- £882mestimated
- £151mestimated
- £100kestimated
- £23kestimated
- £600kestimated
- £3mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)25%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)12%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
- Direct award (no competition)61%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Home Office has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 27 days
- Shorter than 84% of central government buyers
- Based on 28 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 25%
- Lower than 52% of central government buyers
- Based on 150 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 44%
- Lower than 61% of central government buyers
- Based on 154 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 18 awards
- Split into lots
- 13%
- Higher than 66% of central government buyers
- Based on 30 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 61%
- Higher than 72% of central government buyers
- Based on 150 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Higher than 65% of central government buyers
- Based on 30 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Home Office: 27 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Home Office: 4
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
Home Office: 25%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
Home Office: 44%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Home Office.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52,510,000 | Deloitte LLP | £52.6m | 14 Nov 2026 |
| Drones from ARIS funding | Leicester Drones Ltd | £14k | 20 Nov 2026 |
| HMC VALIANT Maintenance and Safety Equipment Recertification (MSER) | Southampton Marine Services | £106k | 27 Nov 2026 |
| R&D Vape Analysis | University of Kent | £1,260 | 28 Nov 2026 |
| Contract variation | Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited | £2.34m | 29 Nov 2026 |
| CPV Navigation system upgrades - Radar & Screens | Grundon Marine | £97k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| BF Heathrow Intel Staff Parking | Aphut Ltd | £15k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Software development, support and maintenance for the Home Office HMPO Platforms suite of products. | DXC Technology Ltd (trading as EntServ UK Ltd) | £37m | 2 Dec 2026 |
| Facilities Management Provision | Landmarc Support Services Limited | £4.48m | 7 Dec 2026 |
| TWO CPV - Planned Maintenance and Safety Equipment Recertification | Berthon Boat Company | £97k | 11 Dec 2026 |
| SCS Recruitment Delivery 2026 | Global Resourcing Limited | £105k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| LEDS Police Training Force FY 26/27 | West Midlands Police | £105k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Portable Interview Recorder Kits for Criminal and Financial Investigation | Dictating Machine Co Ltd. | £23k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Perimeter Gates and Fencing at KWF | Hill & Smith Infrastructure Limited | £166k | 29 Jan 2027 |
| Apply for Things delivery | Deloitte MCS Limited | £102m | 31 Jan 2027 |
| £102,320,405 | Deloitte MCS Limited | £102m | 31 Jan 2027 |
| Supply of TRiM Practitioner Train the Trainer programme to Border Force | March on Stress Ltd | £35k | 8 Feb 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border Security Command RHIBS & TWC Maintenance | Balaena Ltd, UK Docks Marine Services South Ltd | — | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Bicester - Modular Solutions | R G Stones (Buildings) Ltd | £1.2m | 3 Nov 2026 |
| EAS1001- Greyhound Farm Build | WHP Telecoms Limited | £457k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| project_19999 Crown Hosting 2 | Crown Hosting Data Centres Ltd | £178m | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Central DevOps | Capgemini UK Plc | £175m | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Hardware Purchase | Vohkus Limited | £55k | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Business Analytical Services for System Design Unit | Herd IT Consulting Ltd | £2.99m | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Firearms Make Safe Training | Royal Armouries Trading and Enterprises Ltd | £132k | 27 Oct 2026 |
| New Home Office Strategic HR & Recruitment Services | Saxton Bampfylde Ltd | — | 27 Oct 2026 |
| NDS (National Drug System) Test and Production Environment | Caci Limited | £685k | 26 Oct 2026 |