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title: "DVI ITHC Testing"
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# DVI ITHC Testing

Buyer: Home Office  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-06e651fb-bb8d-44eb-9881-36e39100d775

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## Summary

The Home Office commissioned IT health-check testing for its Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) application, known as CHECK. The work is intended to establish and improve the security position of the latest application version hosted on the Home Office’s strategic law-enforcement platform. It forms part of the wider security approach for protecting police data processed by the Home Office and involves extensive, rigorous security testing. This is a computer support and cybersecurity testing service, classified under CPV 72610000. Delivery is associated with the Home Office in London and the South East of England. The requirement concerns services rather than goods or construction, and is focused on testing an existing public-sector application and its hosted environment.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 18 May 2026. It used a selective procedure as a call-off from a framework agreement, with bids due by 30 March 2026 at 5pm. The contract was awarded to Qinetiq UK Ltd for £28,000, with a contract period from 26 May 2026 to 31 March 2027. The award is active. The requirement was assessed as unsuitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations. The published process describes the purchase as a Home Office contract for DVI application IT health checks; the award outcome confirms that Qinetiq UK Ltd was selected to deliver the service.

For competitors, this award indicates demand for specialist cyber assurance and penetration-testing capability within Home Office law-enforcement systems. A credible supplier would need to plan and carry out extensive, rigorous IT health checks on a live or hosted application, identify weaknesses in the latest software version, and provide findings that support measurable security improvement. Relevant experience would include testing applications handling sensitive police data, working within a strategic government technology platform, and operating to the security, governance and evidential standards expected in public-sector assurance work. The buyer’s use of a framework call-off and assessment that the requirement was unsuitable for SMEs also point to the importance of established public-sector delivery capacity, mature security processes and the ability to work with a large, specialist team.

## Notice

Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) require a contract (effective date 1 May 2026) to enable IT Health Checks for the DVI application (CHECK test) to establish and improve the security position of the latest version hosted on the Home Office strategic platform for law enforcement (LECP). Security is critical to defend the Police Data that the Home Office processes on behalf of Police and a key component of the PPPT security approach is to conduct extensive and rigorous security testing (IT Health Checks).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/23f4d912-6c48-40b8-9c5c-3c8f0934597c |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Mar 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 May 2026 |
| Contract period | 26 May 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £28,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £28,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Home Office |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Qinetiq UK Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72610000 - Computer support services

## Release History

- 25 Aug 2026 at 09:34 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/23f4d912-6c48-40b8-9c5c-3c8f0934597c

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/23f4d912-6c48-40b8-9c5c-3c8f0934597c
  25th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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