# Home Office hands £28M to immigration IT incumbents after procurement challenge

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/home-office-hands-28m-to-immigration-it-incumbents-after-procurement-challenge/
- Published: 2026-07-17T08:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T07:14:23+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/07/17/home-office-hands-28m-to-immigration-it-incumbents-after-procurement-challenge/5272345
- Topics: Software

## Key points

- Home Office extends Atlas contracts worth £28 million without competition.
- Legal challenge caused the earlier £138 million procurement to be withdrawn.
- Atlas replacement of the CID system remains significantly delayed.

## Summary

The Home Office has awarded £28 million in non-competitive extensions to PA Consulting and Mastek to keep its Atlas immigration and asylum IT system running after a procurement process for replacement support contracts was withdrawn. The move matters because Atlas supports critical immigration and asylum casework, while the delayed procurement prolongs reliance on incumbent suppliers and highlights continuing difficulties replacing older systems.

PA Consulting received £13.5 million for five months and Mastek £15 million for four months, after Mastek challenged its exclusion from bidding for a £138 million Atlas contract; the case was settled in May 2026 without any admission of liability by the Home Office. A future procurement, estimated at £336 million including tax, is expected to cover asylum and non-asylum systems from June 2027, while Atlas—originally intended to replace the CID legacy system by 2021—has missed successive implementation deadlines.

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