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title: "UKVI Secure Testing Services (STS) (LITUK Test)"
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# UKVI Secure Testing Services (STS) (LITUK Test)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukvi-secure-testing-services-sts-lituk-test-ocds-h6vhtk-0393c6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "UKVI Secure Testing Services (STS) (LITUK Test)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £50,000,000. 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:** £50,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administration services, Computer-related professional services, Supporting services for the government, Test and evaluation
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0393c6`

## 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/ukvi-secure-testing-services-sts-lituk-test-ocds-h6vhtk-0393c6#tl-md)

## Description
The Home Office plans to procure secure testing services for persons to apply for settlement and/or apply for UK citizenship through the delivery of Life in the UK Testing (LitUK) within the UK.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 72590000, 75100000, 75130000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Secretary of State for the Home Department, acting through UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), is the Authority reviewing options for a potential future procurement of Secure Testing Services (STS) for the Life in the UK Test (LiTUK).  
UKVI is a de...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036397-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-22T14:04:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T16:02:49.080Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0393c6