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Crossing the Border - BX/Helios

Home Office

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Home Office

Buyer Address: 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, England

Contact Email: CrossingtheBorder2024Procurement@homeoffice.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
36623042.0 GBP
Published
13 Jan 2026, 13:13
Deadline
24 Jan 2025, 17:00
Contract Start
23 Dec 2025, 00:00
Contract End
22 Dec 2029, 23:59
Category
services
CPV
72250000 - System and support services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

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.

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