AI for DIgital Selection - Azure ML

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

TW9 4DU

Value of contract

£66,715

Procurement reference

TNA278

Published date

12 December 2019

Closing date

23 October 2019

Contract start date

16 December 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Most government departments hold a significant volume of data in the form of a 'digital heap' of documents, emails, datasets and other types of information. This is evidence of the department's policymaking and delivery and must be appraised and selected for permanent preservation as the historical record.
Appraisal and selection of this material will almost certainly be carried out with the support of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. Some parts of the appraisal and selection challenge lend themselves to AI solutions, such as distinguishing between personal and business email. Other aspects are intrinsically very difficult. This project aims to increase our hands-on capability and understanding in the use of AI for selecting records, not to identify a tool that we can recommend to government to carry out selection.
One of the tools identified in Phase 1 is Azure ML.
This contract is to provide the following:
a) the necessary licences for Azure ML, and any other associated licences which may be required.
b) sufficient cloud space for working.
c) the services of an expert user, or team of expert users, of Azure ML

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Award information

Awarded date

7 November 2019

Contract start date

16 December 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Total value of contract

£66,715

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ADATIS CONSULTING LIMITED

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About the buyer

Address

Kew
Richmond
TW9 4DU
England

Email

procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk