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Provision of Passport Manufacturing and Personalisation Services

Biometric sensors
Computer equipment and supplies
Digital printing services
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UK
Published value
£480,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Home Office: "Provision of Passport Manufacturing and Personalisation Services". Published status: planning. Published value: £480,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityHome OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£480,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Home Office
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Home Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.3Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITEDTop vendor: 56.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 140 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED1 win£110,652,398
CIRRA - Clearsprings (Management) Limited & IRARA Secure Solutions Ltd1 win£63,968,042
Frequentis UK Limited1 win£11,147,119
Royal Mail Group Limited1 win£6,900,000
Bayliss Executive Travel Ltd1 win£1,706,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHome Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Apr 2026, 15:27 BST
Last source update24 Apr 2026, 15:27 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBiometric sensors, Computer equipment and supplies, Digital printing services, Identification ID press machines, Information technology services, Packaging and related services, Personal identification accessories, Printing and related services, Security-type printed matter, Stamps, cheque forms, banknotes, stock certificates, trade advertising material, catalogues and manuals
Delivery area
UK
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What is being bought
The Home Office is seeking to engage with suppliers interested in delivering a secure, end-to-end passport manufacturing and personalisation service. This includes the secure design artwork, manufacturing, and personalisation of UK passports and related travel documents under a new contract to replace the current agreement. This is a third round of market engagement following up on the first round which concluded in August 2025 and the second round which concluded in February 2026. The procurement is anticipated to start later in 2026. HM Passport Office (HMPO) issues approximately 8 million passports annually and is the sole provider of passports to British nationals globally. The current contract, held by Thales, covers: • UK e-passports and variants for Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories • Official, Diplomatic, Emergency, and Temporary e-passports • Biometric Travel Documents (BTDs) for UK Visas and Immigration, including those issued to stateless persons and refugees • Secure laminate for Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs) The new contract will be procured through a competitive tender process and must ensure continuity of service, compliance with international passport standards, and support for future innovations. Please note that the listed Total Value (Estimated) and Contract Dates (Estimated) are provisional and subject to revision. The Total Value (Estimated) range is currently £400m - £575m, excluding VAT. For location, the United Kingdom is the primary delivery location, however, certain elements of the service may be delivered from offshore facilities, subject to compliance with security and regulatory standards. Potential Requirements: The future contract may include: • Secure design and manufacture of UK e-passports and variants • Personalisation of travel documents, including biometric and visual data • Production of Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs) and potential future products (e.g., Digital Travel Credentials) • Integration with HMPO systems and support for future transformation • Disaster recovery and business continuity provisions • Transition and mobilisation planning • Provisions for crypto technologies and contingency solutions
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £480,000,000
    24 Apr 2026, 15:27 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Apr 2026, 15:27 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    5 Dec 2025, 14:45 GMT
  4. Published value updated to £300,000,000
    11 Jul 2025, 15:13 BST
  5. Status changed to planning
    11 Jul 2025, 15:13 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    11 Jul 2025, 15:13 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    11 Jul 2025, 15:13 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    24 Apr 2026, 15:27 BST
  2. Procedure published
    24 Apr 2026, 15:27 BST
  3. engagement
    13 May 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    This is the third round of market engagement for the Passport Manufacturing and Personalisation (PMP) procurement. To express an interest, participants must first be registered on the Home Office’s eSourcing Portal (JAGGAER). If you have not yet registered, this can be done online at: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by following the Register Here link. Those who have already signed an NDA as part of their participation in an earlier RFI in relation to this procurement will not be required to sign a new NDA but should still notify HMPO of their desire to be registered for the upcoming RFI. 1. Please note: To register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun & Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering and which would be entering into a contract if invited to do so. 2. Registering on JAGGAER does not provide immediate access to the market engagement event. Once registered, a user must express interest in this specific procurement by emailing: PMPprocurement@homeoffice.gov.uk with the subject line: “Passport Manufacturing and Personalisation – Expression of Interest” The email should include: • Organisation name (as registered on JAGGAER) • Contact name • Email address • Telephone number • DUNS number 3. Once the above steps are completed, participants that have not previously completed an NDA will be granted access to the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) event in JAGGAER. 4. Participants must complete and return their signed NDA via JAGGAER in order to be added to the Market Engagement Event. Please do this by Wednesday 13th May 2026. Suppliers will gain access to the supplier briefing document in the Market Engagement Event from Thursday 14th May 2026. 5. The Round 3 Market Engagement Briefing Event will be held Monday 18th May 2026. This virtual event will provide an overview of the opportunity, outline the procurement timeline, and present the R3 supplier briefing document. Details and timings will be shared with attendees upon their registration and signing of NDAs. 6. The supplier Clarification Question (CQ) submission period will run from Thursday 14th May to Wednesday 20th May. Suppliers may submit questions during this time via JAGGAER. 7. The Home Office will respond to all CQs by Friday 29th May 2026. 8. Participants should ensure they allow sufficient time to complete the NDA process and submit any responses or feedback before the event closes.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Home Office

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWGC-6513-PQLZ
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published