Home Office Core Testing Capability Services (Lots 1 & 2)
- Buyer
- Home Office
- Value
- Not published
- Closes
- 21 December 2026
- Where
- London, London
- Type
- Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)
In plain English
The Home Office is buying software testing and quality assurance services for its applications and systems. It will award two separate contracts, each covering a different set of Home Office services, with a maximum value of £150m each over an initial 3 years plus an optional 1-year extension.
What the buyer wants
• Quality assurance, quality engineering and testing services for applications and systems across the Home Office • Resource augmentation (supplying additional staff to work alongside Home Office teams) and managed services • Work commissioned through Statements of Work, which set the deliverables, team profiles and charging or payment method for each piece of work. The contract value is a ceiling, not guaranteed spend.
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The notice says the tender is a mini-competition under the Government Commercial Agency's Quality Assurance & Testing for IT Systems 2 DPS (RM6148), so a business would need to be on that framework to bid, and the scale of the contracts (up to £150m each) is likely to favour larger suppliers.
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How to bid
This is a Dynamic Purchasing System: an open list of approved suppliers. You can apply to join at any time while it runs, and once accepted you can bid for the individual contracts the buyer runs through it.
Where to apply
The notice doesn't name a website for bids. Ask the buyer how to apply, using the contact on the official notice.
Questions about this tender? Email the buyer at QATProcurements@homeoffice.gov.uk.
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