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IBM Enterprise Licensing Agreement - Home Office Biometrics

Home Office · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 00:27.

Opportunity overview

Software licences and support services required to operate and maintain existing Home Office biometric systems.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

IBM United Kingdom Limited

Matched by number
Contract value
£4.9m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
29 Apr 2026
Including VAT
£5.8m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00741598
Location
Winchester, Hampshire, UKJ36, SO21 2JN, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
ocds-h6vhtk-068a7a
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
A direct award is proposed under Section 41(1) and Schedule 5, Paragraph 7 of the Procurement Act 2023, as the required software and support services are proprietary to IBM and embedded within existing live systems, with no reasonable alternative supplier without disproportionate technical difficulties.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

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

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
IBM United Kingdom Limited
Id
GB-COH-00741598

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00741598

Address

Street Address
Building C IBM Hursley Office, Hursley Park Road
Locality
Winchester, Hampshire
Postal Code
SO21 2JN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ36

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72212218
Description
License management software development services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00741598
Name
IBM United Kingdom Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
IBM Enterprise Licensing Agreement - Home Office Biometrics
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
30 Apr 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
This is a licence agreement primarily which grants rights to use an asset (subscription) rather than delivering an ongoing service, so performance metrics are not applicable.

Period

Starts
1 May 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Apr 2028, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
5,843,966.6
Amount
4,869,972.17
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
A-17518
Document Type
contractSigned
Format
application/pdf
Entry 2
Id
054554-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Jun 2026, 09:45
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

6 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

6 VERSIONS
  1. 037463-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 037571-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 038107-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 050398-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·
  5. 054550-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·
  6. 054554-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·