Notice Information
Notice Title
Life in the UK 2024 Contract
Notice Description
This is a contract award notice for the provision of Life in the UK services. The Home Office wishes to appoint a supplier for the provision of a service to develop and deliver a test of the knowledge of Life in the UK based on the Life in the United Kingdom.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0d22b093-a105-4614-887f-5cded3f02f4c
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/887f00e3-74c7-4aa5-ab48-764f6de8075e
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
-
- CPV Codes
75131100 - General personnel services for the government
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £19,767,917 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £19,767,917 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Apr 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2025 - 30 Sep 2027 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HOME OFFICE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 4DF
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/887f00e3-74c7-4aa5-ab48-764f6de8075e
30th April 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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