About us
ACE is a Home Office unit that takes a highly innovative approach to solving public sector technology and data challenges. Contact us at ace@homeoffice.gov.uk
The Home Office-owned Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) is a public private partnership that tackles complex problems facing government, delivering mission impact at pace.
It has delivered more than 700 commissions for 50+ public sector organisations since 2017, often finding a data or tech driven solution.
ACE has created a space where the best talents from government, industry and academia can collaborate, experiment and solve public sector problems fast, embracing the entrepreneurial and agile behaviours of a start-up.
To do this, it draws on the ACE community, which comprises hundreds of companies, largely SMEs, and a substantial Academic Research Network (ARN), made up of individual academics as well as institutions. These provide government with instant access to expert capabilities while supporting the growth of small businesses.
Some of the ways ACE can support you:
- Problem definition: if a problem has a clear, ready-built solution, it’s not for ACE. But if it requires defining, testing and iteration, we are here to help navigate the unknown.
- Rapid identification and development of solutions: the pace at which we work is genuinely surprising, typically delivering an outcome within 12 weeks.
- Access to our community and ARN: unlike traditional procurement processes, we bring together ‘rainbow teams’ where industry and academia, who might never normally work together, collaborate to find a solution to a problem.
- De-risking innovation and procurement: ACE’s delivery experts help to explore, test and refine solutions, making sure it’s the right answer for your problem.
- Upskill your teams: by working alongside ACE and our suppliers, your teams will learn how to innovate while retaining full control of the process.
- Future and insights expertise: stay ahead of emerging trends with intelligence from our dedicated future and insights market team.
- Enabling services: these include secure data environments and collaborative office spaces where our teams can work together.
ACE can tackle almost any problem. Contact us at ace@homeoffice.gov.uk to find out how we can help your team or to find out more about our work.