Published date: 9 January 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 24 January 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT software development services - 72212517

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£120,000

Procurement reference

CF-0025000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

9 January 2023

Closing date

24 January 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 February 2023

Contract end date

31 January 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Futures team of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for providing strategic foresight in support of the departments strategy and policy development. We use a range of futures methodologies to provide non-mainstream insight and generate novel forms of thinking and evidence. We have identified the strategic need to (1) explore innovations in AI as part of HMGs Artificial Intelligence Strategy and its application in environmental policy foresight generation and (2) provide new forms of evidence (e.g., narrative ) to strategic policy priorities (e.g., International Strategy, Land Use Change and Water) . We are therefore seeking an academic partnership to conduct collaborative prototyping and research on the use of Artificial Intelligence to identify and analyse various futural features , found within unstructured textual data. We are seeking to enter into an initial 9-month partnership with the possibility to extend to output evaluation

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About the buyer

Contact name

Leigh Johnston

Address

17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
UK

Telephone

03459 33 55 77

Email

leigh.johnston@defra.gov.uk