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Safeguard Smartphones for Children in Care

Home Office

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13 Aug 2026 at 13:05

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Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office procured a managed smartphone service for children in care and other looked-after children within social care. The service combines mobile network provision with network-level safeguarding controls in one offering, intended to help protect children using smartphones. It is classified as content management software (CPV 48783000) and falls within public services procurement. Delivery covers England and Wales, specifically the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West and Wales. The requirement is therefore relevant to suppliers able to provide both mobile connectivity and technical safeguarding or content-control functionality across a broad national footprint, rather than to businesses offering standalone handsets or ordinary mobile services.

This procurement has been completed and awarded through a selective call-off from a dynamic purchasing system. The contract was awarded to Voop Ltd on 7 August 2026. The awarded value is £100,000, including the stated currency of GBP. The contract runs from 7 August 2026 to 31 March 2027. The requirement was evaluated as a services procurement and was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The selected supplier is Voop Ltd. The award is active, so the procurement outcome is a completed selection rather than an opportunity to submit a tender. Its route through a dynamic purchasing system indicates that suppliers seeking comparable work would need to participate in, and meet the requirements of, that purchasing arrangement.

This award demonstrates demand from the Home Office for an integrated safeguarding service for smartphones used by children in care. Suppliers best placed to compete for comparable work would combine mobile network capability with robust network-level filtering, monitoring or content-control technology, rather than supplying connectivity or devices alone. They would need to support children in social care across England and Wales, operate reliably at national scale, and integrate the technical and safeguarding elements into a single managed service. The requirement is also relevant to SMEs, as shown by the procurement’s stated suitability and the selected supplier’s SME classification. A credible competitor would therefore need demonstrable experience delivering secure mobile or digital services for vulnerable users, strong operational support, and the ability to meet public-sector purchasing-system requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Safeguard Smartphones for Children in Care

Notice Description

A smartphone system to safeguard looked after children that combines mobile network provision with network level safeguarding controls as part of a single service offering for children in social care.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-8590e46d-ecb4-4c2e-9cd5-b0764a42e809
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3d1f7351-8c61-436d-a7c7-5bb650d00307
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48783000 - Content management software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£100,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
14 Jul 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
7 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
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
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CROYDON
Postcode
CR0 2WF
Postcode Area
Croydon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI6 Outer London - South
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI62 Croydon
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales
Local Authority
Croydon
Electoral Ward
Fairfield
Westminster Constituency
Croydon West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Voop Ltd.

Further Information

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