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# ocds-h6vhtk-02bf26

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf26). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "ocds-h6vhtk-02bf26". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,500,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Jun 2021, 23:59 BST. Published submission portal: homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Published Value:** £2,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 June 2021 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Development of transaction processing and custom software
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £6,430,229 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf26#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bf26`

## 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/tender-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf26#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomeoffice.app.jaggaer.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf26#participate

## Description
The Authority has undertaken this tender exercise to appoint suitably capable and experienced provider of a Digital Interviewing solution. It has utilised the Restricted Procedure, a multi-stage procurement process intended to short list qualified bidders, who where in turn invited to tender for the contract opportunity.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72232000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,500,000
- **Description:** igital Interviewing is used by the Home Office Visas & Immigration Directorate to gather additional information to support a visa application or asylum claim. Interviews are currently carried out in-person and as remote interviews (via telephone or v...

### Lot Not applicable: Proc 645 Digital Interviewing
- **Lot id:** `Not applicable`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Further to a Prior Information Notice (PIN) ref: CF-0160200D58000000L5A4EAK1 issued on 22 April 2021, The Authority is undertaking this tender exercise to appoint suitably capable and experienced provider of a Digital Interviewing solution. It utilis...
- **Contract Period:** 17/03/2022 to 16/03/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Digital Interviewing (active)
  - Award id: `008543-2022-Proc 645-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Business Systems (UK) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-48354`
  - Value: £1,861,265 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Proc 645 Digital Interviewing (active)
  - Award id: `035145-2026-C20887-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Business Systems (UK) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-48354`
  - Value: £4,568,965 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Proc 645 Digital Interviewing (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,568,965
  - Signed Date: 17/03/2023

- **Contract:** Digital Interviewing (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,861,265
  - Signed Date: 24/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035145-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-17T11:19:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:06:28.034Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02bf26