On October 30, 2026, the UK Home Office published a preliminary market-engagement notice for future public-cloud services. It estimates the procurement at £881,621,007 excluding VAT and £1,057,945,209 including VAT. The notice describes an early procurement step, not a contract award. Read the Home Office notice on Find a Tender.
The procurement stage matters as much as the headline figure: this is a market-engagement estimate.
What the Home Office plans to procure
The notice describes public-cloud services for the Home Office’s future hosting requirements. It classifies the purchase as a services contract and uses CPV code 72000000, a broad category covering IT services such as consulting, software development, internet and support.
Dates listed in the procurement notice
The notice scheduled a virtual supplier-engagement event for December 8, 2026, organized by TechUK for suppliers registered on G-Cloud 15 Lot 1A. It estimated that a tender notice would be published on January 4, 2027.
The proposed contract was estimated to start on December 1, 2027, and run to December 1, 2029. The notice also lists a possible extension through December 1, 2031. These are the dates and plans set out in the notice.
What has been reported about AWS
The Register reported on November 6, 2026, that AWS looked likely to win the proposed contract. That was a reported expectation; the Home Office notice was for preliminary market engagement, not a supplier award. The Register also reported that AWS won the previous Home Office public-cloud contract in 2023, for about £450 million.
