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Home Office biometic testing and assurance

Home Office · Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

Tender information last checkedLast checked 22 Sept 2026, 15:30.

Opportunity overview

The requirement is for the provision of an independent Biometric Testing & Assurance (BT&A) service to support the Home Office's use of biometric technologies across identity assurance, age assessment and related programmes. The service will provide specialist assurance to ensure biometric systems perform as intended, remain resilient to fraud and adversarial attacks, and continue to operate effectively throughout their lifecycle

Awarded to

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Published award value
£3m
Awarded
2 Sept 2026
Award ID
ocds-b5fd17-676f09c8-ecf8-431a-9b6a-622c5faf8a83-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 12082763

Classification

  • CPV72224200 — System quality assurance planning services
  • CPV72227000 — Software integration consultancy services

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
tender_520354/1613118
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category
services

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
72224200
Description
System quality assurance planning services

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72227000
Description
Software integration consultancy services

Tender Period

Ends
29 Jul 2026, 17:00

Contract period

Starts
3 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
2 Sept 2028, 23:59

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
No

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Postal Code
CR0 2WF
Entry 2
Country Name
British Oversea Territories
Entry 3
Country Name
Channel Islands
Entry 4
Country Name
Europe
Entry 5
Country Name
Isle of Man
Entry 6
Country Name
Rest of the World
Entry 7
Country Name
United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-CFS-148108
Name
Home Office

Identifier

Legal Name
Home Office

Address

Street Address
2 Marsham Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country Name
England

Contact

Roles

buyer
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-12082763
Name
Ingenium biometric laboratories LTD

Identifier

Legal Name
Ingenium biometric laboratories LTD
Scheme
GB-COH
Id
12082763

Address

Street Address
The Buttery, Highland Court Farm, Bridge, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 5HW England

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1
Id
ocds-b5fd17-676f09c8-ecf8-431a-9b6a-622c5faf8a83-1
Status
active
Date
3 Sept 2026, 00:00
Published
22 Sept 2026, 13:54

Value

Amount
3,000,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-12082763
Name
Ingenium biometric laboratories LTD

Contract period

Starts
3 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
2 Sept 2028, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1
Id
1
Document Type
awardNotice
Description
Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Published
22 Sept 2026, 13:54
Format
text/html
Language
en

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · SW1P 4DF · England
  • Delivery location · British Oversea Territories
  • Delivery location · CR0 2WF
  • Delivery location · Channel Islands
  • Delivery location · Europe
  • Delivery location · Isle of Man
  • Delivery location · Rest of the World
  • Delivery location · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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