Published date: 28 November 2023

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


Closing: 29 September 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Systems and technical consultancy services - 72220000

  • Business and management consultancy services - 79410000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£364,500 to £729,000

Procurement reference

DF082

Published date

28 November 2023

Closing date

29 September 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

7 November 2023

Contract end date

15 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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 DAIC is seeking a provider (or group of providers) to provide a suitably experienced technical team to accelerate our Technical Enablers for AI line of effort. This "Accelerator" package of work will support the DAIC in delivering our immediate technical objectives at pace. In essence this work will provide an initial "Technology Office" for the DAIC, working to the DAIC Technical Head.
The supplier should provide technical expertise so that the DAIC is able to deliver enabling capability for AI. This expertise will support four goals:
a) Identifying the required technical enabling capability, options, and approaches/designs, leading to the development of a Technical Enablers strategy and roadmap.
b) Developing and managing requirements we will need to be prioritised and delivered by
the wider Defence Digital and Digital Foundry technology programmes.
c) Iterative design, development and testing of initial enabling capabilities and processes, through prototyping to MVP/Alpha-level maturity. The key priorities within this work will include:
a. Facilitating AI project deployment to different platform
environments;
b. Supporting the availability of, and accessibility to, AI Ready
data; and;
c. De-risking of AI model management and integration.
d. Definition of, and knowledge transfer to, an enduring
technical enablers team

Award information

Awarded date

29 September 2023

Contract start date

7 November 2023

Contract end date

15 March 2024

Total value of contract

£729,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Capgemini UK

Address

No. 1, Forge End, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6DB.

Reference

Companies House number: 1

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Daniel Hicks

Address

MAIN BUILDING WHITEHALL
LONDON
SW1A2HB
England

Telephone

07814 304315

Email

Daniel.Hicks113@mod.gov.uk