01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Department for Business & Trade
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
The DBT Digital, Data and Technology team leads on development of AI tools and services within the Department for Business and Trade. It does so through an ‘AI³’ model, which aims to identify, test, develop and evaluate use cases for applying artificial intelligence within the Department. This model consists of three parts: • AI Lab: Rapid, time limited exploration and assessment of AI use cases and experiments • AI Factory: Development and operationalisation of experiments into production ready tools and components • AI Operations: Maintenance, scaling, and operationalisation of AI solutions The Authority is seeking to procure specialist expertise to support delivery of this model. We require this to take the form of suitably-skilled teams and individuals provided by the Supplier joining relevant AI³ teams and project teams within the AI Lab, AI Factory or AI Operations. Supplier resources will work alongside and under the direction of Civil Servants within the DBT Digital, Data and Technology team within the Department. This may be for both short and long-term projects as agreed via statements of work, and requiring a variety of digital and data skills.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Lot 1: AI Lab
- Awarded
- 30 July 2026
- Award value
- £3,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
Lot 2: AI Factory
- Awarded
- 30 July 2026
- Award value
- £3,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
Lot 3: AI Operations
- Awarded
- 30 July 2026
- Award value
- £3,000,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Department for Business & Trade
Old Admiralty Building, London, UKI32, SW1A 2DY, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PZZJ-6312-QTTDCACI Ltd
CACI House Kensington Village, London, UKI33, W14 8TS, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PHWT-4231-YGQGThe Dot Collective
70 Colombo Street, London, UKI44, SE1 8DP, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PQNJ-9156-VVJHVersion 1 Solutions Limited
Suite 3d&E, Third Floor, Birmingham, UKG31, B2 5DB, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PXVJ-5323-ZYVMCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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