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Home Office - System Design Services Strategic Partner

Home Office · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 10:27.

Opportunity overview

This UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) is being issued by the Home Office (the Authority) to notify the market of a Market Engagement Event seeking views and feedback in relation to the potential procurement for a strategic system design partner to support the System Design Unit, a division within Migration and Borders Group within Home Office. The provision of service should cover access to a range of skillsets and capabilities to enable delivery of system design outcomes and to provide more flexibility than current resourcing models. These skillsets and capabilities are usually found within Design Lead, Business Architect, and Business Analysts roles. In addition, there may be a requirement for optional services covering: consultancy, planning and recruit-train-deploy services.

Classification

  • CPV72246000 — Systems consultancy services
  • CPV79000000 — Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
  • CPV79400000 — Business and management consultancy and related services
  • CPV79410000 — Business and management consultancy services
  • CPV79411000 — General management consultancy services
  • CPV79414000 — Human resources management consultancy services
  • CPV79415200 — Design consultancy services
  • CPV79420000 — Management-related services
  • CPV79600000 — Recruitment services
  • CPV79610000 — Placement services of personnel
  • CPV79620000 — Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
  • CPV80500000 — Training services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

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
Proj_19546
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
3 Aug 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Feb 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Jan 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date
28 Feb 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79000000
Description
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
72246000
Description
Systems consultancy services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
79415200
Description
Design consultancy services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
79400000
Description
Business and management consultancy and related services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
79600000
Description
Recruitment services
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
80500000
Description
Training services
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
79411000
Description
General management consultancy services
Entry 8
Scheme
CPV
Id
79620000
Description
Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Entry 9
Scheme
CPV
Id
79410000
Description
Business and management consultancy services
Entry 10
Scheme
CPV
Id
79420000
Description
Management-related services
Entry 11
Scheme
CPV
Id
79610000
Description
Placement services of personnel
Entry 12
Scheme
CPV
Id
79414000
Description
Human resources management consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
The virtual engagement event will start 11am on Thursday, 16 April 2026 where we will present our requirements and initial thinking. We expect the engagement session to last no more than 1 hour, consisting of a presentation followed by Q&A session. We will also be providing all participants with a Market Sounding Questionnaire after the session, which will give suppliers the opportunity to ask clarification questions and provide feedback on the proposed requirement and procurement process. We reserve the right to hold further engagement sessions or to follow-up with additional questions / clarifications to supplier responses. Please contact commercialsystemdesign@homeoffice.gov.uk by 5pm on Tuesday 14 April 2026 to register your interest in this event. This Market Engagement does not formally signify the beginning of any procurement exercise by the Authority, nor does it constitute a commitment by the Authority to undertake a procurement. In the event that the Authority decides to formally commence a procurement pursuant to this Market Engagement, then a separate Tender Notice will be published.
Due
11 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
028392-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
27 Mar 2026, 10:57
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Home Office
Id
GB-PPON-PWGC-6513-PQLZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWGC-6513-PQLZ

Address

Street Address
2 Marsham Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Name
System Design Commercial Team

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 001382-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 028392-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·