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International Resource – Delivery of the 2025/2026 International AI Safety Report

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 00:27.

Opportunity overview

Technical specialist organisation able to identify, source and recruit the experts needed to deliver the Report. Given the specific nature of the work, we need an organisation with the required technical specialisation.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PRJ_5194
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Yoshua Bengio’s role as Chair: - Yoshua Bengio was a direct Ministerial Appointment as Chair of the Report for 2024/2025. Secretary of State has agreed to his appointment being extended for a further 12 months to deliver the 2025/2026 Report. - Yoshua’s role as Chair is to oversee the report’s delivery, determine its final scope, select members of the writing group, select senior advisors, manage the drafting process, review the Report, and convene members of the Expert Advisory Panel. He will also lead in promoting the report directly with policymakers, at Summits/Conferences and with the media. Justification for a Direct Award: The unique relationship with Yoshua Bengio as chair of the Report. Yoshua Bengio is a direct Ministerial Appointment. It is essential that the writing group (and others involved in Report delivery) are accountable to him as Chair. Contracting these individuals through Mila (Yoshua’s organisation) creates a direct link between them and the Report’s chair. This is essential to deliver the Report and cannot be achieved through a different organisation. Technical specialist organisation able to identify, source and recruit the experts needed to deliver the Report. Given the specific nature of the work, we need an organisation with the required technical specialisation. MILA is a global leader in AI safety research and has the largest concentration of deep learning academic researchers. Yoshua Bengio (Director and report chair) has tailored the organisation to best complement his research.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 2
Id
additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PVWZ-3216-PVQL
Name
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2EG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
22 Whitehall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PVWZ-3216-PVQL
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PRNQ-4865-PWQT
Name
Mila Quebec AI Institute (Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms)

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
CA
Country
CA
Locality
Montreal
Postal Code
H2S 3H1
Country Name
Canada
Street Address
6666 Rue Saint Urbain

Control

Description
N/A

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PRNQ-4865-PWQT
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
19 May 2025, 00:00
Title
International Resource – Delivery of the 2025/2026 International AI Safety Report
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
73110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Research services

Value

Amount
720,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
720,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
016458-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
23 Apr 2025, 11:29
Entry 2
Id
022693-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
19 May 2025, 14:37

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PRNQ-4865-PWQT
Name
Mila Quebec AI Institute (Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms)

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
2 Jun 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
3 Jun 2025, 00:00

Subcontracting

Subcontracts

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Not Applicable

Main Contractors

Entry 1
Id
GB-PPON-PRNQ-4865-PWQT
Name
Mila Quebec AI Institute (Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms)

Standstill Period

Ends
29 May 2025, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2EG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05062d-2025-05-19T14:37:01+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·