Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Home Office
Top-five suppliers hold 31% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.
Procurement categories
What Home Office buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
Systems and technical consultancy services
72220000Business and management consultancy services
79410000Software-related services
72260000Programming services of packaged software
72210000Miscellaneous health services
85140000Ships
34510000Research services
73110000Support services for water transport
63720000Consultative engineering and construction
71310000Repair, maintenance and associated services
50240000Recent contracts
Latest Home Office contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Visa and Citizenship Application Services (VCAS) — Lot 4
VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd · 2023-09-27
£271.0M
Visa and Citizenship Application Services — Lot 2 (Americas, Europe, Canada, Australia)
VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd · 2023-11-13
£303.0M
Visa and Citizenship Application Services — Lot 5 (United Kingdom)
Teleperformance Contact Ltd · 2023-11-14
£163.0M
Visa and Citizenship Application Services — Lot 3 (China and Taiwan)
VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd · 2024-01-25
£147.0M
Windrush Compensation Scheme Claims Assistance Service
We Are Group Holdings Ltd · 2025-03-12
£1.3M
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Open opportunities
Open Home Office tenders
Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.
Heathrow IRC Operator Services
Deadline: 2026-04-20
£901.5M
Security Advisory and Training Framework
DPSDeadline: 2026-05-01
£120.0M
Planned Vessel Maintenance — CPV Eagle MSER
Deadline: 2026-04-09
£50K
Dynamic Purchasing System for Antibiotics and IV Fluids
DPSDeadline: 2026-06-30
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Home Office typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
PNC Mainframe Support and Maintenance
Expires: 2026-03-31
£48.0M
Data Product Development and Associated Services
Expires: 2026-11-30
£40.0M
QAT070 — PPPT/Homeland Security End-to-End QA/Testing Service
Expires: 2026-08-31
£35.0M
QAT068 — QA Engineering Services (Migration and Borders Tech)
Expires: 2026-08-31
£30.0M
QAT069 — Performance Testing Common Service
Expires: 2026-08-31
£24.0M
Air Traffic Control Flight Information
Expires: 2026-06-30
£1.0M
UCPI Future Secure IT System — Infrastructure and Support
Expires: 2026-03-31
£1.3M
Red Teaming Services
Expires: 2026-03-31
£1.2M
Market analysis
Bidding into Home Office — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
31%
Top-5 supplier share
73d
Avg response window
33d
Median response window
24mo
Avg contract duration
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Home Office
How much does Home Office spend on procurement?
Home Office awarded 285 contracts totalling £947.7M between 2023-03-31 and 2026-03-30, working with 226 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £2.3M.
Who are Home Office's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Home Office by total award value are ECCTIS Limited, PA Consulting Services Ltd, 2i Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 31% of contract value.
What does Home Office buy from suppliers?
Home Office's procurement is concentrated in systems and technical consultancy services, business and management consultancy services, software-related services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
How can my business bid for Home Office contracts?
Home Office publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.
What's the typical response window for Home Office tenders?
Home Office typically gives suppliers a median of 33 days to respond (average 73 days). Standard contract duration is around 24 months.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-03-30
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
- · Find a Tender Service (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder (contractsfinder.service.gov.uk)
- · gov.uk Home Office publications
- · Department metadata: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.