{"id":60578,"date":"2026-05-01T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/passport-to-home-office-adds-216m-to-travel-doc-contract-before-a-single-bids-been-placed\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:15:06","slug":"passport-to-home-office-adds-216m-to-travel-doc-contract-before-a-single-bids-been-placed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/passport-to-home-office-adds-216m-to-travel-doc-contract-before-a-single-bids-been-placed\/","title":{"rendered":"Passport to \u00a3\u00a3\u00a3: Home Office adds \u00a3216M to travel doc contract before a single bid’s been placed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Home Office has increased the annual value and overall duration of its new passport production contract, increasing it to a total of \u00a3576 million as it starts a third round of engagement with suppliers.<\/p>\n

The department\u2019s first engagement notice<\/a> for the Provision of Passport Manufacturing and Personalisation Services contract last July included an estimated total value of \u00a3360 million including VAT over 10 years or \u00a336 million a year. The version published on 24 April increases the total value to \u00a3576 million<\/a> including VAT over 12 years or \u00a348 million a year.<\/p>\n

The Home Office has also pushed back the contract\u2019s start date from September 2027 to August 2028, as well as postponing the publication of the full tender notice from June to November this year. The latest version says that HM Passport Office issues about eight million passports annually, up from seven million in the first notice, although this would not fully account for the increased annual value.<\/p>\n