Published date: 24 December 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 24 January 2025, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • System and support services - 72250000

  • Software support services - 72261000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£25,900,000

Procurement reference

tender_439772/1540617

Published date

24 December 2025

Closing date

24 January 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

4 December 2025

Contract end date

3 December 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This notice is to signify the award of the Crossing the Border - Border platforms contract.

Crossing the Border (CtB) is the steady state services and products which control the flow of people and services across the UK border. This is done principally via the Primary Control Points, mediated by a Border Force officer, or via an e-gate indirectly supervised by Border Force officer/s. Information from ports is processed by a central collection of systems, hosted in the cloud and on premise. These systems are built on top of a number of infrastructure platforms, leveraging a hybrid cloud model.

Border Platforms is a hybrid cloud hosting service that sits within MBTP Platforms and is responsible for building and maintaining the hybrid platform which enables tenant teams (currently Crossing the Border) to effectively develop and run current and future services that keep the UK border operational. Border Platform acts as the primary interface to the underlying infrastructure - EBSA for Official (O) and HODC for Secret (S) supporting applications, as well as associated services. It encompasses a broad scope, including the design, build, and maintenance of platform-level products and services that CtB Application teams rely on to develop and operate current and future capabilities.

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Award information

Awarded date

4 December 2025

Contract start date

4 December 2025

Contract end date

3 December 2029

Total value of contract

£25,900,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Kainos Software Limited

Address

Kainos House, 4- 6 Upper Crescent, Belfast, BT7 1NT

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
England

Email

CrossingtheBorder2024Procurement@homeoffice.gov.uk