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title: "Business Analytical Services for System Design Unit"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078fe5"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Home Office"
published: "2026-10-26"
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# Business Analytical Services for System Design Unit

Buyer: Home Office  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078fe5

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## Summary

The Home Office is buying business analysis and management consultancy services to support service design delivery in its System Design Unit. The work concerns business analysis for priority design work; the procurement description does not set out specific deliverables or delivery locations. The requirement is a single service package, rather than separate workstreams for different suppliers. It sits within the Home Office’s central government responsibilities and is focused on supporting the System Design Unit’s service-design activity.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Herd IT Consulting Ltd. The Home Office used a direct award, citing extreme and unavoidable urgency after business analysts working through its central contract were released at short notice and replacement resource could not be secured in time to maintain continuity. The supplier’s rates had been competitively tendered for the central contract and were carried across. The award is valued at £2,989,911 excluding VAT (£3,587,893.20 including VAT). The contract period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027, with provision for up to three further three-month periods. The award was made on 26 October 2026.

For suppliers preparing for a future requirement from the Home Office’s System Design Unit, this award demonstrates demand for business analysts able to support priority service-design work and maintain continuity against tight programme timescales. Credible providers would need to supply suitable analysts quickly, with the capacity to sustain delivery through a defined service period and possible extensions. Experience providing business analysis in a central government or comparable programme environment would be relevant to demonstrating fit. The buyer’s rationale also shows the importance of dependable replacement capacity when existing resources are withdrawn unexpectedly. This instance was awarded directly on urgency grounds, while the chosen supplier’s rates had previously been competitively tendered for the Home Office central contract.

## Notice

Business Analysis Services to support System Design Unit's Service Design delivery

### Procurement Information

The Authority proposes to award a contract directly under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, relying on the justification of extreme and unavoidable urgency in Schedule 5, paragraph 13. There were a number of existing Business Analysts delivering services under a Home Office central contract (via a subcontracting arrangement) who were released from the incumbent supplier with only 20 days' notice. These services are essential to the delivery of HO priority design work. The incumbent provider has been unable to secure suitable replacement services to maintain continuity of delivery. Insufficient or unsuitable resource increases the risk of delivery delay against already tight programme timescales. The supplier's rates have been competitively tendered during to support the Home Office Central Contract and these rates have been transitioned to a direct award contract.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100896-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £2,989,911 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HERD IT CONSULTING LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 11:01 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100896-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100896-2026
  26th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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