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Published 28 Jan 2026

Crossing the Border - Level 2 Support

Home Office · London

Key facts

Contract value
£8,721,260
Awarded
31 Jul 2025
Contract starts
23 Jan 2026
Contract ends
22 Jan 2030
Procedure
Open procedure (above threshold)
Buyer type
Central government

Awarded to

SupplierValue
IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED£8,721,260

Description

This notice is for the award of the Level 2 Support contract for Crossing the Border Platform and applications.

Crossing the Border (CtB) is the steady state services and products which control the flow of people and services across the UK border. This is done principally via the Primary Control Points, mediated by a Border Force officer, or via an e-gate indirectly supervised by Border Force officer/s. Information from ports is processed by a central collection of systems, hosted in the cloud and on premise. These systems are built on top of a number of infrastructure platforms, leveraging a hybrid cloud model. The supplier will provide level 2 support to ensure reliance and service of central systems, supporting a 24 hours a day 365 days a year operation, requiring high degrees of resilience and availability. The existing applications run on diverse technological stacks and have been delivered over a 3-year programme and are expected to evolve over the next 5 years in line with government policy and operational need. The system is critical national infrastructure, incorporating official and secret data sets and related processes.

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