Environment, Build, Support and Administration (EBSA)

Home Office
Selective procedure
2 September 2026 to 1 September 2030

Delivery of a product-centric managed service hosting approximately 250 programme teams and 3,000 users across CNI and non-CNI applications, including major systems like Electronic Travel Authorisation and Immigration Case Management. Responsibilities cover infrastructure platform support, 24/7 availability, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, compliance, and remediation of technical debt.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £111m; As published
Published: 3 August 2026; Find a Tender
Awarded: 3 August 2026; Kainos
Contract length: 48 months; Ends 1 September 2030

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of IT support, cloud platform administration, and managed services for government digital applications.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
3 August 2026
Contract awardedto Kainos
3 August 2026
Contract starts
2 September 2026
Contract ends
1 September 2030

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Type: Other public body
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How it compares

838× the typical managed hosting contract (£132k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3850273/environment-build-support-and-administration-ebsa
Buyer reference: Not published
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-06da5a
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Home Office. Environment, Build, Support and Administration (EBSA). Contract award, 3 August 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3850273/environment-build-support-and-administration-ebsa (accessed 12 October 2026).