Buyer profile · Central government
Home Office tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 28
- About one every 13 days
- Contracts awarded
- 67
- To 66 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £571m
- 59 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £114k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 16 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £540kestimated
- £82kestimated
- £4.5mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £275kestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £4.39mestimated
- Value not stated
- £140kestimated
- £40kestimated
- £20mestimated
- £72.5mestimated
- £48mestimated
- £40mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 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)41%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)2%
- Direct award (no competition)56%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Home Office has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 69% of central government buyers
- Based on 28 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 41%
- Higher than 55% of central government buyers
- Based on 82 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 48%
- Lower than 55% of central government buyers
- Based on 71 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- More than 53% of central government buyers
- Based on 9 awards
- Split into lots
- 18%
- Higher than 72% of central government buyers
- Based on 28 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 56%
- Higher than 61% of central government buyers
- Based on 82 procurements
- Cancelled
- 4%
- Higher than 69% of central government buyers
- Based on 28 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
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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 | 5 |
| 25–30 days | 20 |
| 30–35 days | 23 |
| 35–40 days | 4 |
| 40–45 days | 3 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 25 |
| 4–6 bids | 13 |
| 6–8 bids | 4 |
| 8–10 bids | 4 |
| 10–12 bids | 4 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 0 |
| 16–18 bids | 1 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 19 |
| 10–20% | 16 |
| 20–30% | 15 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 10 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 10 |
| 80–90% | 9 |
| 90–100% | 12 |
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 11 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 20 |
| 50–60% | 19 |
| 60–70% | 11 |
| 70–80% | 15 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 3 |
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.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| TWO CPV - Planned Maintenance and Safety Equipment Recertification | Berthon Boat Company | — | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Support for Victims of Modern Slavery (SVMS) Contract | The Salvation Army Trustee Company | £640m | 22 Sept 2026 |
| The Economist 400 subscriptions | The Economist Newspaper Limited | £15k | 18 Sept 2026 |
| Westlands Subscription 2026 - 2030 | Westlands Advisory Ltd | £454k | 18 Sept 2026 |
| ArcGIS Enterprise Licenses - Maritime | ESRI (UK) Limited | — | 17 Sept 2026 |
| research project on teenage relationship abuse, involving systems mapping and analysis of existing data | City St Georges University of London | — | 15 Sept 2026 |
| Online Intervention Pilot | Moonshot Cve Ltd | £330k | 10 Sept 2026 |
| Contract Award of Research within immigration reporting | Ipsos (market research) Limited | £223k | 9 Sept 2026 |
| Transparency notice for Maintenance for Sea Eagle Camera System | Chess Dynamics Ltd | £250k | 8 Sept 2026 |
| Direct Award for Service of Breathing Equipment | Interspiro Limited | — | 1 Sept 2026 |