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# Market testing for Secure English Language Testing services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-testing-for-secure-english-language-testing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03eaa2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "Market testing for Secure English Language Testing services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £390,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £390,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** General personnel services for the government
- **Delivery Location:** AE, BD, CN, GH, HK, IN, KW, NG, PH, PK, SA, TH, TW, UK, ZA, ZW
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03eaa2`

## 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/market-testing-for-secure-english-language-testing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03eaa2#tl-md)

## Description
Market engagement to gain an understanding of products, services and innovations available in the market as well as testing changes to the current services in order to in order to inform a business case for potential future Secure English Language Testing.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 75131100
- **Delivery regions:** AE, BD, CN, GH, HK, IN, KW, NG, PH, PK, SA, TH, TW, UK, ZA, ZW

- **Description:** The Secretary of State for the Home Department, acting through the Home Office's UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), is the Authority reviewing options for a potential future procurement of Secure Testing Services (STS) for the provision of a Secure Eng...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021709-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-26T15:29:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:38:22.488Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03eaa2