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Crossing the Border - Border Platforms

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
25900000.0 GBP
Published
24 Dec 2025, 12:11
Deadline
24 Jan 2025, 17:00
Contract Start
04 Dec 2025, 00:00
Contract End
03 Dec 2029, 23:59
Category
services
CPV
72250000 - System and support services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Kainos Software Limited
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

This notice is to signify the award of the Crossing the Border - Border platforms 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. Border Platforms is a hybrid cloud hosting service that sits within MBTP Platforms and is responsible for building and maintaining the hybrid platform which enables tenant teams (currently Crossing the Border) to effectively develop and run current and future services that keep the UK border operational. Border Platform acts as the primary interface to the underlying infrastructure - EBSA for Official (O) and HODC for Secret (S) supporting applications, as well as associated services. It encompasses a broad scope, including the design, build, and maintenance of platform-level products and services that CtB Application teams rely on to develop and operate current and future capabilities.

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