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Facial Age Estimation Contract Award Notice

Home Office · published 29 May 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 IDef4b35f6-c1e6-4be6-8c1c-b6c7dc1b142e-899573
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-0a1db19f-d105-4d14-8dbd-36d597f57aac
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-148108
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£322,000
award field
Tender value
£322,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72268000
Software supply services
Delivery
Not stated
SW1P 4DF
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Procurement of an algorithm that can accurately predict the age of a subject. This will have multiple use cases for Home Office, an example could/would be to assist in determining the age of those who are encountered without verifiable identity documentation.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release29 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published28 May 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 May 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 May 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Akhter Computers Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

Published name only

Cognitec Systems GmbH

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 29 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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