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Private Sector Partner (PSP) for the Accelerated capability Environment (ACE)

Awarded to PA Consulting Services Limited

Home Office(buyer)

Published
Published 29 April 2025
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Overview

The Home Office has awarded a contract valued at £16.5 million to PA Consulting Services Limited to serve as Private Sector Partner for the Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE), a platform addressing public safety and security challenges through collaboration between public and private sector capabilities. The supplier will act as a flexible commissioning and delivery partner managing the ACE ecosystem and collaboration platform, delivering customer-commissioned challenges across HMG organisations, with the initial contract term of up to 36 months and potential for two 12-month extensions.

Contracting authority

  • Home OfficeBuyer

    7 live opportunities · 99 awarded contracts

    London, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PWGC-6513-PQLZ

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£16,500,000
Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
SME suitable
Yes
Published
29 April 2025
Questions by
16 May 2025
Classification (CPV)
Primary works for servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Award outcome

Awarded value
£16,500,000
Award date
12 December 2025
Contract period
31 October 2025 → 30 October 2028
Contract length
3 years
Could run to
7 January 2031
Bids received
5
Winner
  • PA Consulting Services Limited

This contract ends on 30 October 2028, or 7 January 2031 if every extension is used.

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About the winner

PA Consulting Services Limited

Based in
London
Public contracts won
299
Across UK and EU notices

No other contract from Home Office under this supplier name in Skim's records.

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

5

2 from SMEs

Open and restricted tenders in Construction work drew a median of 5 bids over the last 24 months; 13% received only one.

Who bid

  • QinetiQ Limited
  • Wazoku Limited
  • Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd
  • VE3 Global Ltd
  • PA Consulting Services LimitedWinner

How bids were scored

Price 30% · Quality 70%

  • Pricing30%
  • Technical (Quality) Capability60%
  • Social Value10%

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Market context

Typical award in Construction work

£160,000

Median of 19,399 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 103.1× the median.

Home Office in the last 12 months

112

contracts awarded, worth £1,748,809,284 in total

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Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Implementation Update

    30 September 2026

  2. Contract

    6 February 2026

  3. Contract

    12 December 2025

  4. Contract Notice

    29 April 2025

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