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Home Office - System Design Services Strategic Partner

Buyer: Home Office →

BuyerHome Office
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£80,000,000
Published27 Mar 2026

What is being bought

This UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) is being issued by the Home Office (the Authority) to notify the market of a Market Engagement Event seeking views and feedback in relation to the potential procurement for a strategic system design partner to support the System Design Unit, a division within Migration and Borders Group within Home Office. The provision of service should cover access to a range of skillsets and capabilities to enable delivery of system design outcomes and to provide more flexibility than current resourcing models. These skillsets and capabilities are usually found within Design Lead, Business Architect, and Business Analysts roles. In addition, there may be a requirement for optional services covering: consultancy, planning and recruit-train-deploy services.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Systems consultancy services 72246000Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 79000000Business and management consultancy and related services 79400000Business and management consultancy services 79410000General management consultancy services 79411000Human resources management consultancy services 79414000Design consultancy services 79415200Management-related services 79420000Recruitment services 79600000Placement services of personnel 79610000Supply services of personnel including temporary staff 79620000Training services 80500000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Feb 2027 to 31 Jan 2030

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Systems consultancy services, Design consultancy services, Business and management consultancy and related services, Recruitment services, Training services, General management consultancy services, Supply services of personnel including temporary staff, Business and management consultancy services, Management-related services, Placement services of personnel, Human resources management consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Systems consultancy services (72246000); 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 729,8232 median · 13.6 average (3,865 of 9,823 with a bid count)1.9 average (4,668 of 9,823 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer34Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK3,0952 median · 28.4 average (1,075 of 3,095 with a bid count)2.7 average (1,380 of 3,095 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)23318 median · 75.5 average (4 of 233 with a bid count)12.8 average (4 of 233 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
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The virtual engagement event will start 11am on Thursday, 16 April 2026 where we will present our requirements and initial thinking. We expect the engagement session to last no more than 1 hour, consisting of a presentation followed by Q&A session. We will also be providing all participants with a Market Sounding Questionnaire after the session, which will give suppliers the opportunity to ask clarification questions and provide feedback on the proposed requirement and procurement process. We reserve the right to hold further engagement sessions or to follow-up with additional questions / clarifications to supplier responses. Please contact commercialsystemdesign@homeoffice.gov.uk by 5pm on Tuesday 14 April 2026 to register your interest in this event. This Market Engagement does not formally signify the beginning of any procurement exercise by the Authority, nor does it constitute a commitment by the Authority to undertake a procurement. In the event that the Authority decides to formally commence a procurement pursuant to this Market Engagement, then a separate Tender Notice will be published.engagement11 May 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0601b4
Latest release ID028392-2026
Latest release timestampFri Mar 27 2026 10:57:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£80,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Mar 2026planning028392-2026
8 Jan 2026planning001382-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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