Crossing the Border - Border Platforms
Reference ocds-b5fd17-41346311-ff84-4f50-a1fa-12fa1ec42521 · Home Office
Awarded to Kainos Software Limited for £25,900,000.
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Description
This notice is to signify the award of the Crossing the Border - Border platforms contract. 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. Border Platforms is a hybrid cloud hosting service that sits within MBTP Platforms and is responsible for building and maintaining the hybrid platform which enables tenant teams (currently Crossing the Border) to effectively develop and run current and future services that keep the UK border operational. Border Platform acts as the primary interface to the underlying infrastructure - EBSA for Official (O) and HODC for Secret (S) supporting applications, as well as associated services. It encompasses a broad scope, including the design, build, and maintenance of platform-level products a…
Awards
| Awarded to | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kainos Software Limited | £25,900,000 | 4 December 2025 |
Official publications
| Medium | Reference | Date |
|---|---|---|
| FTS | 394b20d3-5a11-44c3-972f-194ce547a2fe-877439 | 24 December 2025 |
| Contracts Finder | 394b20d3-5a11-44c3-972f-194ce547a2fe-877439 | 24 December 2025 |
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