Award of Crossing the Border (CtB) BX and Helios Contract to BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited
Home Office · Awarded contract
AwardedAward of Crossing the Border (CtB) BX and Helios Contract to BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited
Awarded 23 Dec 2025
Expires in 3y 2mo4y term, 22% elapsed
Awarded 23 Dec 2025Expires 22 Dec 2029
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Home Office awarded a contract to BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited for the Crossing the Border (CtB) BX and Helios contract, which provides steady-state services and products controlling the flow of people and services across the UK border.
The contract covers systems at Primary Control Points mediated by Border Force officers and e-gates indirectly supervised by Border Force officers, with information from ports processed by central systems hosted in the cloud and on-premise, built on infrastructure platforms leveraging a hybrid cloud model.
The contract value is £36,623,042.
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