How to win: Home Office Core Testing Capability Services (Lots 1 & 2)

About this contract

The Home Office is conducting a mini-competition via the GCA's Quality Assurance & Testing for IT Systems 2 DPS, RM6148. The outcome of the tender shall see the Home Office award 2 Call-Off Contracts to two different suppliers to provide quality assurance, quality engineering and testing services for applications and systems across the Home Office. Each contract will support a distinct set of service areas/portfolios within the Home Office, and shall include the provision of resource augmentation and managed services. Each contract will have a maximum value of £150m with an initial duration of 3 years, and a further extension option of 1-year. The contract value does not indicate a level of committed spend, as all services shall be commissioned via Statements of Work under the contract, setting our deliverables, team profiles, and the applicable charging/payment method. For instructions on how to access the tender documents, please refer to the Joining Instructions that are attached to this Notice.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Home Office scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓Lead with evidenced capability and social value — for services work these usually outweigh price.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 21 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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