plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

Central User Centred Design

Buyer: Home Office →

BuyerHome Office

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£72,500,000

Published27 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Procurement of UCD Capability across HO

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 7 Oct 2027 to 6 Oct 2031

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Design-modelling services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Design-modelling services (72242000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 72	3,550	1 median · 8 average (1,118 of 3,550 with a bid count)	1.7 average (1,274 of 3,550 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	34	Not published	Not published	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	122	15.5 median · 15.5 average (2 of 122 with a bid count)	5.5 average (2 of 122 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
The Home Office will be conducting a preliminary market engagement (PME) event on Thursday 24th September 2026 via Microsoft Teams. This PME event will be open to all suppliers registered on GCA framework DOS 7 Lot 2 (RM1043.9). Invites will be issued to these suppliers via email.	engagement	24 Sept 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-06bc99
Latest release ID	081589-2026
Latest release timestamp	Thu Aug 27 2026 08:22:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
27 Aug 2026	planningUpdate	081589-2026
26 Aug 2026	planning	081198-2026
25 Jun 2026	planningUpdate	059668-2026
25 Jun 2026	planningUpdate	059662-2026
24 Jun 2026	planning	059621-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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24 Jun 2026 · 059621-2026 · planning

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