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title: "Safeguard Smartphones for Children in Care"
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# Safeguard Smartphones for Children in Care

Buyer: Home Office  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8590e46d-ecb4-4c2e-9cd5-b0764a42e809

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3d1f7351-8c61-436d-a7c7-5bb650d00307 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 7 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £100,000 |
| 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 | CROYDON |
| Postcode area | Croydon |
| Postcode | CR0 2WF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South |
| ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| Electoral ward | Fairfield |
| Westminster constituency | Croydon West |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Voop Ltd. |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48783000 - Content management software package

## Release History

- 13 Aug 2026 at 13:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3d1f7351-8c61-436d-a7c7-5bb650d00307

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3d1f7351-8c61-436d-a7c7-5bb650d00307
  13th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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