# Crossing the Border - BX/Helios

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Home Office.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Home Office](/buyers/home-office/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited](/suppliers/bae-systems-applied-intelligence/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £36,623,042
- Tender value: £36,623,042
- Award date: 1 August 2025
- Published: 13 January 2026
- Contract start: 23 December 2025
- Contract end: 22 December 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9113b114-88bd-4335-87d7-acaa8305ce97-878934
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5d036adb-35f8-4b4b-9293-574266a0bf48

## Description

This notice is for the award of the Crossing the Border \(CtB\) BX and Helios 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\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9113b114-88bd-4335-87d7-acaa8305ce97-878934)