Published date: 13 January 2026

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

£36,623,042

Procurement reference

tender_439772/1543161

Published date

13 January 2026

Closing date

24 January 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

23 December 2025

Contract end date

22 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 for the award of the Crossing the Border (CtB) BX and Helios 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.


More information

Attachments


Award information

Awarded date

1 August 2025

Contract start date

23 December 2025

Contract end date

22 December 2029

Total value of contract

£36,623,042

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited

Address

Waterside House, 170 Priestley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7RQ

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