Home Office extends Life in the UK Test contract with PSI Services

Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 08:07.

Opportunity overview

The contract term is being extended by six months from 30 September 2027 to 30 March 2028. The extension is required to maintain continuity of the Life in the UK Test service whilst the replacement procurement is completed and mobilisation and transition activities are undertaken. There are no changes to the scope of services, pricing arrangements, supplier obligations, governance arrangements, performance requirements or overall commercial model. The modification relates solely to a time-limited extension of the existing contract term. A previous contract modification increased the approved contract value to £22,857,999 to reflect higher-than-forecast service demand. The current modification increases the estimated contract value to £28,263,003.

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.

PSI Services (UK) Ltd

Matched by exact name

Contract value: £28.3m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 31 Mar 2025
Award ID: 094971-2026-15871-1
Status: active
Location: London, UK, EC4M 9AF, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV80000000 — Education and training services

Lots

Life in the UK Testing ServicesValue not stated

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-07833f
Main Procurement Category: services
Review Details: In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. Any proceedings relating to the award or modification of a public contract must be brought in accordance with the applicable statutory requirements and time limits. Economic operators should seek independent legal advice regarding any potential claim.

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 80000000
Description: Education and training services

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Title: Life in the UK Testing Services
Description: Provision of Life in the UK Testing Services, including operation and management of the Life in the UK Test, administration of test bookings, delivery of testing through a nationwide test centre network, customer support services, fraud prevention and security measures, results processing, management information reporting and associated contract management activities supporting the statutory Life in the UK Test requirement.

Contract period

Starts: 1 Apr 2025, 00:00
Ends: 30 Sept 2027, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Home Office
Id: GB-FTS-27582

Identifier

Legal Name: Home Office

Address

Street Address: 2 Marsham Street
Locality: London
Region: UK
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Email: Rumana.Idris@homeoffice.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office ↗

Organisation 2

Name: PSI Services (UK) Ltd
Id: GB-FTS-187409

Identifier

Legal Name: PSI Services (UK) Ltd

Address

Locality: London
Region: UK
Postal Code: EC4M 9AF
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: PSI Services (UK) Ltd
Id: GB-FTS-187410

Identifier

Legal Name: PSI Services (UK) Ltd

Address

Locality: London
Region: UK
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 4

Name: The High Court of England and Wales
Id: GB-FTS-25734

Identifier

Legal Name: The High Court of England and Wales

Address

Street Address: Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
Locality: London
Postal Code: WC2A 2LL
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Details

Url: https://www.judiciary.uk ↗

Organisation 5

Name: Home Office
Id: GB-FTS-1007

Identifier

Legal Name: Home Office

Address

Street Address: 2 Marsham Street
Locality: London
Postal Code: SW1P 4DF
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Email: procurement@homeoffice.gov.uk

Roles

reviewContactPoint

Award information

Award 1

Id: 094971-2026-15871-1
Title: Extension of the Life in the UK Test Contract with PSI Services (UK) Ltd
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-187409
Name: PSI Services (UK) Ltd

Supplier 2

Id: GB-FTS-187410
Name: PSI Services (UK) Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 094971-2026-15871-1
Award ID: 094971-2026-15871-1
Title: Extension of the Life in the UK Test Contract with PSI Services (UK) Ltd
Status: active
Date Signed: 1 Apr 2025, 00:00

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Title: Life in the UK Testing Services
Related Lot: 1

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 80000000
Description: Education and training services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK

Value

Amount: 28,263,003
Currency: GBP

Period

Starts: 1 Apr 2025, 00:00
Ends: 30 Mar 2028, 23:59

Amendments

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: The contract term is being extended by six months from 30 September 2027 to 30 March 2028. The extension is required to maintain continuity of the Life in the UK Test service whilst the replacement procurement is completed and mobilisation and transition activities are undertaken. There are no changes to the scope of services, pricing arrangements, supplier obligations, governance arrangements, performance requirements or overall commercial model. The modification relates solely to a time-limited extension of the existing contract term. A previous contract modification increased the approved contract value to £22,857,999 to reflect higher-than-forecast service demand. The current modification increases the estimated contract value to £28,263,003.
Rationale: Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The Life in the UK Test service is a critical statutory service supported by an established network of test centres, booking systems, customer support processes, trained delivery personnel, fraud prevention controls, management information reporting, security arrangements and contractual performance mechanisms. Appointing an alternative supplier for a short interim period would result in services that are different from or incompatible with those currently provided and would create disproportionate technical difficulties associated with mobilisation, systems integration, operational readiness testing, assurance activity and implementation of a temporary service before transitioning again to the supplier appointed through the replacement procurement. A change of supplier would also result in significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for the Home Office, including procurement activity, supplier onboarding, mobilisation, governance activity, contract management, business change activity, operational readiness assessments and transition costs which would subsequently need to be repeated when transitioning to the supplier appointed through the replacement procurement. The modification is therefore required to maintain continuity of the Life in the UK Test service whilst the replacement procurement is completed and mobilisation and transition activities are undertaken.

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · UK · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

094971-2026awardUpdate, contractUpdate · 7 Oct 2026, 21:24

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

The Home Office has published a modification extending its existing Life in the UK Test services contract with PSI Services (UK) Ltd by six months, from 30 September 2027 to 30 March 2028. The notice states that scope, pricing arrangements, supplier obligations, governance, performance requirements and the commercial model are unchanged.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeAward update and contract updateEvidence: Process notice_type: awardUpdate, contractUpdate; release tags: awardUpdate, contractUpdate.
Current eventContract modification / six-month extensionEvidence: Amendment description states the term is extended from 30 September 2027 to 30 March 2028.
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract and award status are both recorded as active.

94% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 094971-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07833f
First published: 7 Oct 2026
Last checked: 8 Oct 2026, 08:07
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Existing supplier PSI Services (UK) Ltd remains attached to the active award and contract for lot 1. The contract record explicitly gives a signed date of 1 April 2025 and an amended end date of 30 March 2028.

Market significance

This is a continuity-driven extension of a UK-wide statutory testing service while a replacement procurement and subsequent mobilisation/transition are completed. The amended estimated contract value is £28,263,003.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

PSI Services (UK) Ltd

90% confidence

Award 094971-2026-15871-1 · Lots 1 – Life in the UK Testing Services · £28,263,003 (contract-level amended estimated value; not allocated to an individual supplier record) GBP · Active

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The award names PSI Services (UK) Ltd as supplier and relates to lot 1. The contract value is £28,263,003. Two source supplier party IDs represent the same legal name and are matched to the same company number in supplied data.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Award update and contract update

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Process notice_type: awardUpdate, contractUpdate; release tags: awardUpdate, contractUpdate.

Current event

99% confidence

Contract modification / six-month extension

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Amendment description states the term is extended from 30 September 2027 to 30 March 2028.

Contract status

98% confidence

Active

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Contract and award status are both recorded as active.

Contract signature

99% confidence

Signed on 1 April 2025

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Contract dateSigned: 2025-04-01T00:00:00+01:00.

VALUES

Published values explained

Amended estimated contract value

99% confidence

£28,263,003

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Contract value amount: 28263003 GBP; amendment description says the current modification increases estimated contract value to £28,263,003.

Previously approved contract value

95% confidence

£22,857,999

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Amendment description states that a previous modification increased the approved contract value to £22,857,999.

Change from previously stated approved value

95% confidence

£5,405,004 increase

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Calculated as £28,263,003 minus £22,857,999; both figures are stated in the amendment description.

Lot-level value

98% confidence

Unknown

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No lot value is supplied. There is one lot, but the source does not expressly designate the contract value as a lot value.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

99% confidence

1 April 2025

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Contract dateSigned is 2025-04-01.

Contract start

99% confidence

1 April 2025

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Contract period startDate is 2025-04-01; lot contract period has the same start date.

Previous scheduled end

99% confidence

30 September 2027

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Lot contractPeriod endDate is 2027-09-30; amendment states extension from 30 September 2027.

Amended contract end

99% confidence

30 March 2028

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Contract period endDate is 2028-03-30; amendment states extension to 30 March 2028.

Modification notice published

99% confidence

7 October 2026

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Process published_at: 2026-10-07T21:24:41+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Lot

99% confidence

Lot 1 – Life in the UK Testing Services

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Tender lot 1 title and contract item title.

Service coverage

99% confidence

Operation and management of the Life in the UK Test, bookings administration, nationwide test-centre delivery, customer support, fraud prevention and security, results processing, reporting and contract management.

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Lot description.

Geographic delivery

98% confidence

United Kingdom

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Contract item delivery address region: UK.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 80000000 – Education and training services

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Tender and contract item classification.

Scope change under current modification

99% confidence

None stated

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Amendment description says there are no changes to the scope of services.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Unknown

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No procurement method or procedure details are supplied.

Competition information

99% confidence

Unknown

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No bidder count, tender responses, evaluation results or award criteria are supplied.

Modification rationale

98% confidence

Additional services from the original contractor to preserve continuity and avoid incompatible interim arrangements, technical difficulties, significant inconvenience and duplicated costs.

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Amendment rationale.

Replacement procurement

92% confidence

Referenced as in progress; status and timetable unknown

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Amendment description says the replacement procurement is being completed, but gives no further details.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract term after modification

99% confidence

1 April 2025 to 30 March 2028

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Contract period startDate and endDate.

Extension length

99% confidence

Six months

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Amendment description.

Pricing arrangements

98% confidence

No change stated

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Amendment description says there are no changes to pricing arrangements.

Supplier obligations, governance and performance

98% confidence

No change stated

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Amendment description says there are no changes to supplier obligations, governance arrangements or performance requirements.

Commercial model

98% confidence

No change stated

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Amendment description says there are no changes to the overall commercial model.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Continuity requirement

98% confidence

The Home Office identifies the service as critical and relies on an established test-centre network, booking systems, support processes, trained personnel, fraud controls, reporting, security and performance mechanisms.

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Amendment rationale.

Interim supplier-switching risk

98% confidence

The notice states that changing supplier for a short interim period would create incompatibility, mobilisation and integration difficulties, and duplicated transition-related costs.

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Amendment rationale.

Demand context

95% confidence

The prior modification was attributed to higher-than-forecast service demand.

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Amendment description.

Current value change context

98% confidence

The notice describes the current action as a time-limited extension, while also increasing the estimated contract value.

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Amendment description.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

94%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-07833f
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Home Office

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Buyer party and process buyer_name.

Buyer location

97% confidence

London, United Kingdom

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Buyer party address: 2 Marsham Street, London, UK.

Service context

98% confidence

Statutory Life in the UK Test requirement

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Lot description and amendment rationale refer to the statutory requirement/service.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier

99% confidence

PSI Services (UK) Ltd

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Award supplier and supplier parties.

Supplier size

95% confidence

Large

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Both supplier party records state scale: large.

Company-number match

86% confidence

03082717

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Supplied supplier matching data maps both PSI Services (UK) Ltd records to company number 03082717 by exact-name match.

Supplier-record duplication

90% confidence

Two supplier party IDs appear to refer to the same legal entity

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Both records have the legal name PSI Services (UK) Ltd and the same matched company number, but different FTS party IDs and partially different address data.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated next procurement/transition window

83% confidence

By 30 March 2028

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The amended contract end date is 30 March 2028, and the notice says a replacement procurement and mobilisation/transition are underway. This is an end-date-based estimate, not a procurement forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity structure

92% confidence

Ambiguous duplicate supplier entries

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The award contains two supplier IDs with the same legal name; supplied matching data maps both to the same company number.

Award date

99% confidence

Unknown

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Award record award_date is null.

Original procurement details

99% confidence

Not supplied

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No tender deadline, procurement method, competition data or evaluation information is supplied.

Value basis

97% confidence

Estimated contract value; detailed basis unknown

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Amendment description calls £28,263,003 the estimated contract value; source value_basis is null.

Date sequencing

88% confidence

Requires review

View supporting evidence

The modification notice is published on 7 October 2026 but describes an extension from 30 September 2027; the supplied record does not explain the timing.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

A replacement procurement is referenced but no notice identifier, timetable, scope or supplier information is supplied.
The notice publication date precedes the stated extension start date by nearly one year; this may be valid but is not explained in the supplied data.
The source gives no procurement method, tender deadline, bidder count, evaluation outcome, award date or original-contract award history.
The £28,263,003 figure is an amended estimated contract-level value. The source does not provide a lot-level allocation or a supplier-specific allocation.
Two distinct supplier party IDs are listed for PSI Services (UK) Ltd on the same award. They appear to represent the same entity, but the source does not explain the duplicate records.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is providing the Life in the UK Test services?

The active award and contract name PSI Services (UK) Ltd as supplier for lot 1.

When does the amended contract end?

The supplied contract record gives an end date of 30 March 2028.

What is the amended contract value?

The notice states an estimated contract value of £28,263,003.

Has the scope changed?

The modification notice states that the scope of services has not changed.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Extension of the Life in the UK Test Contract with PSI Services (UK)

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

PSI Services (UK) Ltd

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Lots and requirements

Contract period

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

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Identifier

Address

Roles

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Identifier

Address

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Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Items

Classification

Delivery locations

Value

Period

Amendments

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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