Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Home Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- IT services · System quality assurance planning services (CPV 72224200)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Sep 2026
- Published22 Sep 2026Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
The requirement is for the provision of an independent Biometric Testing & Assurance (BT&A) service to support the Home Office's use of biometric technologies across identity assurance, age assessment and related programmes. The service will provide specialist assurance to ensure biometric systems perform as intended, remain resilient to fraud and adversarial attacks, and continue to operate effectively throughout their lifecycle
About the supplier
Ingenium biometric laboratories LTD: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 12082763).