Published date: 14 October 2024

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


Closing: 6 June 2024, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£459,875

Procurement reference

tender_432384/1414981

Published date

14 October 2024

Closing date

6 June 2024

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

17 September 2024

Contract end date

16 June 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Term of the Contract is 6 months, with a provision available to extend for an optional 3 months according to AISI's requirements and approval. r the maximum 9-month duration.



In delivering this work, a supplier may produce for AISI:

Reports and advisory discussions outlining new attacks against frontier AI systems and mitigations that defang them.

Code providing novel attacks and corresponding protections, and computational experiments evaluating them.

Datasets: Datasets consisting of misuse tasks that frontier AI systems should refuse to execute, for example requests to generate hate speech, write malicious code, create media that incites violence, or synthesise illegal imagery.

The Supplier will deliver this work by providing an R&D team that works collaboratively with an AISI researcher whom they meet with once a week. The Supplier's delivery approach should scope precise requirements with AISI's Safeguards Analysis researchers at the project start and subsequently providing a steady stream of relevant output

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Award information

Awarded date

17 September 2024

Contract start date

17 September 2024

Contract end date

16 June 2025

Total value of contract

£459,875

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Pattern Labs INC

Address

108 W. 13th Street, Suite 100, Wilmington, DE, United States

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

22 - 26 Whitehall, London
London
SW1A 2EG
England

Email

dsit.dttgcbp@dsit.gov.uk