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# Home Office Crossing the Border Procurement 2024 - Products, services and Support (Border crossing, Helios, Border Platforms and Level 2 Support)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/home-office-crossing-the-border-procurement-2024-products-services-and-support-border-cros-ocds-h6vhtk-04b18b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "Home Office Crossing the Border Procurement 2024 - Products, services and Support (Border crossing, Helios, Border Platforms and Level 2 Support)". Published status: active. Published Value: £195,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Oct 2024. Published submission portal: crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Published Value:** £195,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 October 2024 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Development of transaction processing and custom software, Software development services, Software support services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b18b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/home-office-crossing-the-border-procurement-2024-products-services-and-support-border-cros-ocds-h6vhtk-04b18b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcrowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/home-office-crossing-the-border-procurement-2024-products-services-and-support-border-cros-ocds-h6vhtk-04b18b#participate

## Description
Crossing the Border (CtB) is the steady state services and products which controls the flow of people and services across the borders. This is done principally via the Primary Control Points, mediated by a Border Force officer, or via an e-gate indirectly supervised by an officer. Information from ports is processed by a central collection of systems, hosted in the cloud and on premise. 
Home Office are seeking a system management, development and associated level 2 support partner for the listed systems - Border Crossing (BX), Helios, Border Platforms and 
Border Crossing (BX) is made up of several parts. At the Passenger Control Point (PCP) BX allows Border Force officers to search passenger records using biometrics and documents. In addition, checks take place on the passport chip to verify its validity. In the back-office BX Tools allows Border Force officers to investigate passengers more thoroughly, either before, during or after they have crossed the border. The BX Admin tool provides authorised users with access to BX audit and performance data.
Helios is a maintenance and sharing of watchlist data. This data then supports the end-to-end passenger journey - from visa applications and pre-departure checks right through to crossing the border.
Borders Platforms is responsible for building and maintaining the hybrid platform which enables tenant teams (currently CtB) to effectively develop and run current and future services that keep the UK border operational.
Level 2 support is in relation the Border crossing and Helios for the duration of the contract.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: BX and Helios
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72232000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £120,000,000
- **Description:** The Authority are seeking a system management & development partner to run, maintain and improve the Border crossing & Helios systems within an integrated product ecosystem. Border Crossing is made up of several parts. At the Passenger Control Point ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Borders Platforms
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72262000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £50,000,000
- **Description:** The Authority are seeking a system management & development partner to run, maintain and improve the Borders Platforms which sits within the Migration and Border Technology Portfolio (MBTP). Border Platforms is responsible for building and maintainin...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Level 2 Support for Border Crossing (BX) and Helios
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72261000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £25,000,000
- **Description:** The Authority are seeking a partner to provide level 2 support to ensure reliance and service of central systems, supporting a 24 hours a day 365 days a year operation, requiring high degrees of resilience and availability. The existing applications ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034734-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-25T15:01:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T03:07:06.384Z
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