Published date: 5 November 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 13 September 2021, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Development of software for military applications - 72231000

  • Prototyping services - 72244000

  • Software development services - 72262000

Location of contract

SP4 0JQ

Value of contract

£951,580.81

Procurement reference

R1000166607

Published date

5 November 2021

Closing date

13 September 2021

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

4 October 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Under this open call, the Authority is seeking novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) approaches for autonomous cyber defence decision making. Specifically, the Authority is interested in research that aims to:
• Develop AI and ML based approaches for autonomous response options planning. This could include (but is not limited to) the application of reinforcement learning, adversarial machine learning, game theory etc. Response options could include (but are not limited to): implementation of technical mitigation measures; initiating actions to increase information veracity or certainty before implementing a mitigation response; or initiating actions to identify the cause of system failure in order to recover from it.
• Develop multi agent approaches and architectures for cyber defence decision making. Key aspects include the trade-off between centralised and de-centralised agents, approaches for information sharing between agents, agent hierarchy and multi agent consensus. Note that this should focus on the interaction of machine agents and not the interaction of humans with machine agents.
• Develop methods and approaches to evaluating the decisions generated by the agents to determine their effectiveness and impact.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

30 September 2021

Contract start date

4 October 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£951,580.81

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED

Address

Stonebridge House,The Dorking Business Park Station Road
DORKING
Surrey
RH4 1HJ
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 02562870

Value of contract

£951,580.81

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

DSTL
Porton Down
SALISBURY
SP4 0JQ
England

Email

commercialcistransparency@dstl.gov.uk