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title: "HO UKVI - Migration Business Endorsing Body Services"
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# HO UKVI - Migration Business Endorsing Body Services

Buyer: HOME OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02eb2a

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## Summary

The Home Office has recently awarded a contract for Migration Business Endorsing Body Services. The procurement process involved the Home Office seeking to improve immigration arrangements for entrepreneurial talent from overseas, including reforming existing visa routes. The contract was awarded to Geminus Innovation Limited, Envestors Limited, and UK Endorsement Services. The procurement stage was in the "Award" phase, with a contract value of £9,500,000. The service requires endorsing bodies to assess business proposals and oversee their successful implementation in the United Kingdom.

This tender opportunity can benefit businesses interested in providing consultancy services for business analysis within the immigration sector. Companies specializing in financial management consultancy services and supporting entrepreneurial talent from overseas may find this tender particularly suitable for their expertise. The nature of the contract allows for scalability and potential growth opportunities for businesses involved in the migration and business endorsement services sector.

## Notice

The Home Office is seeking to improve immigration arrangements for entrepreneurial talent from overseas, including further reform of existing visa routes. The service requires Endorsing Bodies to assess the credibility and potential of business and investment proposals and to oversee the successful implementation and delivery of businesses subsequently set up in United Kingdom.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Authority has customers (Visa Applicants) in the UK who include but are not limited to: * those seeking to extend permissions to work or study in the UK; * those seeking to extend permissions to stay or settle with family; * those seeking to evidence their rights as European Economic Area nationals and family members; and * those progressing from earlier immigration permissions to British nationality. The UK Visa & Immigration (UKV&I) service is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture of customer satisfaction for people who come here legally. The business endorsement function services the current UK unsponsored business visa programmes covering a number of business/investment routes. To qualify for a visa, applicants must first obtain an endorsement from an approved endorsing body. Endorsement does not guarantee a visa will be issued, but shows the Visa Applicant and their business, has the support of leading business organisations or higher education providers. The Authority may expand the scope of the migration business Endorsing Body services to accommodate future policy decisions in relation to other visa routes to include, but not be limited, to development of the immigration system's offer for business and innovation focused visa routes. The key service requirements are for endorsing bodies to: * Assess and issue endorsements for visa applicants (Customers); * Stay in contact with the Customer, where the Customer has previously been endorsed, at checkpoints after 12 and 24 months, and report on their progress, and in particular alerting the Authority if they are not satisfied with their progress and performance for the duration of their endorsed leave; * Carry out further endorsements and Checkpoint Monitoring where a Visa Applicant applies for a visa extension; * Issue further endorsements in respect of a Customer's settlement application.

Renewal: Up to an additional three (3) years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031781-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Apr 2022 |
| Future notice date | 25 Feb 2022 |
| Award date | 23 Oct 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £9,500,000 |
| Lots value | £9,500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £9,500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HOME OFFICE |
| Additional buyers | THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME OFFICE DEPARTMENT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | N/A |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | ENVESTORS; GEMINUS INNOVATION; UK ENDORSEMENT SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
- 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services

## Release History

- 10 Nov 2022 at 08:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031781-2022
- 24 Mar 2022 at 08:56 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007946-2022
- 18 Oct 2021 at 21:45 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026019-2021
- 12 Oct 2021 at 21:45 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025533-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
- https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/procurement
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit

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