Provision of Passport Manufacturing and Personalisation Services
Buyer: Home Office
- Published
- 5 December 2025
- Estimated value
- £300,000,000
- Place of performance
- UK
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 080239-2025
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-055dd6
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 22400000Stamps, cheque forms, banknotes, stock certificates, trade advertising material, catalogues and manuals
- 79811000Digital printing services
- 79800000Printing and related services
- 30200000Computer equipment and supplies
- 22450000Security-type printed matter
- 35125110Biometric sensors
- 30191140Personal identification accessories
- 30172000Identification ID press machines
Description
Scope The Home Office is seeking to engage with suppliers interested in delivering a secure, end-to-end passport manufacturing and personalisation service. This includes the secure design artwork, manufacturing, and personalisation of UK passports and related travel documents under a new contract planned to commence September 2027, to replace the current agreement ahead of its scheduled expiry in 2029. This is a second round of market engagement following up on the first round which concluded in August 2025. Description HM Passport Office (HMPO) issues approximately 8 million passports annually and is the sole provider of passports to British nationals globally. The current contract, held by Thales, covers: • UK e-passports and variants for Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories • Official, Diplomatic, Emergency, and Temporary e-passports • Biometric Travel Documents (BTDs) for UK Visas and Immigration, including those issued to stateless persons and refugees • Secure laminate for Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs) The new contract will be procured through a competitive tender process and must ensure continuity of service, compliance with international passport standar…
Official publications
- FTS · 080239-2025 · 5 December 2025
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