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AI³ Delivery Partners Project - Lot 1: AI Lab

Department for Business & Trade · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 14:11.

Opportunity overview

This Contract between the Buyer and the Supplier is for the supply of Deliverables through the sourcing of specialist expertise to support the delivery of the Buyer’s Digital, Data and Technology team’s development of its ‘AI³ model, which aims to identify, test, develop and evaluate use cases for applying artificial intelligence within the Department for Business and Trade. This Contract relates to Lot 1: AI Lab, consisting of rapid, time limited exploration and assessment of AI use cases and experiments.

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.

The Dot Collective

Match pending…
Published award value
£3m
Awarded
30 Jul 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PQNJ-9156-VVJH
Location
London, UKI44, SE1 8DP, United Kingdom

Version 1 Solutions Limited

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£3m
Awarded
30 Jul 2026
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PXVJ-5323-ZYVM
Location
Birmingham, UKG31, B2 5DB, United Kingdom

CACI Ltd

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£3m
Awarded
30 Jul 2026
Award ID
3
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PHWT-4231-YGQG
Location
London, UKI33, W14 8TS, United Kingdom

The Dot Collective

Match pending…
Contract value
£3m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
31 Aug 2026
Including VAT
£3.6m
Award ID
4
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PQNJ-9156-VVJH
Location
London, UKI44, SE1 8DP, United Kingdom

Version 1 Solutions Limited

Matched by exact name
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
5
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PXVJ-5323-ZYVM
Location
Birmingham, UKG31, B2 5DB, United Kingdom

CACI Ltd

Matched by exact name
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
6
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PHWT-4231-YGQG
Location
London, UKI33, W14 8TS, United Kingdom

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
PR4965
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department for Business & Trade
Id
GB-PPON-PZZJ-6312-QTTD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZZJ-6312-QTTD

Address

Street Address
Old Admiralty Building
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2DY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
The Dot Collective
Id
GB-PPON-PQNJ-9156-VVJH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQNJ-9156-VVJH

Address

Street Address
70 Colombo Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE1 8DP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI44

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
4
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72220000
Description
Systems and technical consultancy services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PQNJ-9156-VVJH
Name
The Dot Collective

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
4
Award ID
4
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
1 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2028, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2029, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Extension of one or more further periods up to 12 months in total may be exercised should this be required by DDaT's technical team.

Value

Including VAT
3,600,000
Amount
3,000,000
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
SoW Invoicing Compliance
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
SoW Delivery Performance
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
Resourcing & Facilities Readiness
Entry 4
Id
4
Title
Delivery Performance (People in Place)
Entry 5
Id
5
Title
Social Value Delivery

Documents

Entry 1
Id
091854-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
29 Sept 2026, 12:57
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

4 VERSIONS
  1. 072903-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 091854-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 091855-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 091856-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·