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How to win: Public cloud hosting

A services contract from Home Office, worth £881,621,007. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

Home Office

Value

£881,621,007

Closing date

8 December 2026

About this contract

Procurement of public cloud services to support the Home Office’s future cloud hosting requirements.

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Home Office scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £881,621,007, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓Start early: it closes 8 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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