Published date: 6 January 2025

Last edited date: 13 February 2025

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


Closing: 12 November 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £4,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_464374/1439181

Published date

6 January 2025

Closing date

12 November 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

19 December 2024

Contract end date

31 March 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?

No

Description

The AI Safety Institute ("AISI") are a function within the Department for Science Innovation and Technology ("the department"). AISI operates in a very fast-moving technology context where AI model capabilities are growing in rapid and sometimes unexpected ways, including across different languages and media.
As part of its work AISI is seeking to stimulate the wider safety research marketplace. One element of this involves contracting a series of partners to help develop evaluations for frontier AI systems and involves discovery and consultancy with the AI market to support its core objective of improving the safety of frontier AI. Therefore, AISI is looking to appoint a Strategic Business Partner who can support this objective with an emphasis on flexibility and pace.

Award information

Awarded date

19 December 2024

Contract start date

19 December 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£1,875,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Capgemini UK plc

Address

1 Forge End, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6DB

Reference

Companies House number: 00943935

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

22 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2EG
England

Email

dsit.dttgcbp@dsit.gov.uk