Home Office Core Testing Capability Services (Lots 1 & 2)

The Home Office is conducting a mini-competition via the GCA's Quality Assurance & Testing for IT Systems 2 DPS, RM6148.

The outcome of the tender shall see the Home Office award 2 Call-Off Contracts to two different suppliers to provide quality assurance, quality engineering and testing services for applications and systems across the Home Office.

Each contract will support a distinct set of service areas/portfolios within the Home Office, and shall include the provision of resource augmentation and managed services.

Each contract will have a maximum value of £150m with an initial duration of 3 years, and a further extension option of 1-year.

The contract value does not indicate a level of committed spend, as all services shall be commissioned via Statements of Work under the contract, setting our deliverables, team profiles, and the applicable charging/payment method.

For instructions on how to access the tender documents, please refer to the Joining Instructions that are attached to this Notice.

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract. Contract summary Industry - Systems testing services - 72254100 Location of contract Any region Value of contract £0 to £150,000,000 Procurement reference tender_519756/1626556 Published date 11 November 2026 Closing date 21 December 2026 Closing time 12pm Contract start date 1 April 2027 Contract end date 31 March 2030 Contract type Service contract Procedure type Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system Contract is suitable for SMEs? Yes Contract is suitable for VCSEs? No Description The Home Office is conducting a mini-competition via the GCA's Quality Assurance & Testing for IT Systems 2 DPS, RM6148. The outcome of the tender shall see the Home Office award 2 Call-Off Contracts to two different suppliers to provide quality assurance, quality engineering and testing services for applications and systems across the Home Office. Each contract will support a distinct set of service areas/portfolios within the Home Office, and shall include the provision of resource augmentation and managed services. Each contract will have a maximum value of £150m with an initial duration of 3 years, and a further extension option of 1-year. The contract value does not indicate a level of committed spend, as all services shall be commissioned via Statements of Work under the contract, setting our deliverables, team profiles, and the applicable charging/payment method. For instructions on how to access the tender documents, please refer to the Joining Instructions that are attached to this Notice. More information - Attachments How to apply Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Address 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF England

Closing: 21 December 2026, 12pm