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# Home Office · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Home Office is a Central government based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 490 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Home Office
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PWGC-6513-PQLZ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 490
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £3.3bn (median award: £103k) across 211 of 214 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Home Office), nhs-ods (HOME OFFICE)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 15 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 20% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 9 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 320 (96%), Framework: 12 (4%), Dynamic purchasing system: 1 (0%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 135 (41%), Route not published: 99 (30%), Open: 66 (20%), Limited / restricted: 20 (6%), Selective: 13 (4%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 71 notices, last 24 months (21% of this period)
2. **[Transport equipment and products](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/transport-equipment-vehicles-34000000) (CPV 34):** 42 notices, last 24 months (13% of this period)
3. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 37 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
4. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 30 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)
5. **[Security, fire-fighting, police](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/security-fire-fighting-police-and-defence-equipment-35000000) (CPV 35):** 29 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Southampton Marine Services](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/southampton-marine-services-coh-10111491):** 8 procedures
2. **[PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/pa-consulting-services-ltd-coh-00414220):** 5 procedures (10 awards)
3. **[RAPISCAN SYSTEMS](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/rapiscan-systems-coh-02755398):** 5 procedures (6 awards)
4. **[The Police Treatment Centres](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-police-treatment-centres-coh-07822534):** 4 procedures
5. **[Deloitte](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/deloitte-coh-oc303675):** 4 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Salvation Army Trustee Company(The)](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/salvation-army-trustee-company-the-coh-00259322):** £640m · [Support for Victims of Modern Slavery (SVMS) Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/support-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-svms-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-05439e) · Awarded: 22 Sept 2026
2. **[Mitie Care & Custody Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mitie-care-custody-ltd-coh-06976230):** £378m · [Contract Extension](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-extension-ocds-h6vhtk-068483)
3. **[Mitie Care & Custody Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mitie-care-custody-ltd-coh-06976230):** £289m · [Colnbrook and Harmondsworth Removal Centres](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/n-a-ocds-h6vhtk-04e693)
4. **[Serco Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/serco-limited-coh-00242246):** £225m · [Yarls Wood IRC Extension](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/yarls-wood-irc-extension-ocds-h6vhtk-06edfa)
5. **[Serco Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/serco-limited-coh-00242246):** £177m · [Yarls Wood IRC Extension](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/yarls-wood-irc-extension-ocds-h6vhtk-068481)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 37
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 81
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Home Office intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt