AwardedAwarded 16 February 2026

Datalynx testbed Services

Home Office · Central government

In brief

Home Office awarded IT and software work to Datalynx on 16 February 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

We are developing new capabilities to ingest data from policing to support enhanced analytics for Police Reform and Policy Development. Various capabilities are available and to support the best value for money decision, we would like to test the likely best options with data held by Datalynx in their proprietary system. Therefore a contract is required with Datalynx for them to support the testing using the data that is held on their system.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Datalynx (SME)£650,000
Awarded 26 January 2026
16 February 2026 to 7 October 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Transparency notice · UK5, notice 006860-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 010041-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 017134-2026

About the buyer

Home OfficeLast 12 months

Procurements

197

Awards

111

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From notice 006860-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 January 2026, last updated 26 February 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.