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Home Office biometic testing and assurance

Home Office · published 22 Sept 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release IDe634e658-7f62-4c4d-b0dd-8f091e6a36af-914957
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-676f09c8-ecf8-431a-9b6a-622c5faf8a83
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-148108
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£3,000,000
award field
Tender value
£3,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72224200
System quality assurance planning services
Delivery
Not stated
CR0 2WF
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

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

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release22 Sept 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published2 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published29 Jul 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published2 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published2 Sept 2028
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Published 22 Sept 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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