✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 6 Oct 2026, 14:41.
Opportunity overview
UKRI’s Financial, Professional and Business Services (FPBS) Industrial Strategy programme offers an opportunity to position the UK as a global leader in trusted AI adoption across financial and professional services, unlocking productivity gains and creating scalable models for wider AI diffusion across the economy.
Classification
CPV98112000 — Services furnished by professional organisations
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
C1498
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
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2. Navigate to the opportunity in the Find an Opportunity section of the site or via the direct access link
3. Select Register Interest (you will not be able to view the tender documentation without registering an interest).
4. Go back to the main menu and navigate to the My Proposals and Quotes section of the site.
5. Select the opportunity from the list. Tender Documents for download are found in the Documents tab
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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094267-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
UKRI is seeking services to support trusted AI adoption in financial, professional and business services. The opportunity is split into three lots: cross-cutting regulation and assurance, financial services, and legal services.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations providing AI governance, regulatory and assurance advisory, financial-services AI expertise, or legal-sector AI adoption support. Specific supplier selection requirements are not stated in the supplied notice data.
Key points identified
Service scopeTrusted AI adoption support across financial, professional and business services.Evidence: Opportunity description: "position the UK as a global leader in trusted AI adoption across financial and professional services".
Lot 1 requirementCross-cutting regulation and assurance.Evidence: Lot 1 description: "Cross-cutting Regulation and Assurance".
Lot 2 requirementFinancial services.Evidence: Lot 2 description: "Financial Services".
90% approved-analysis confidence8 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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UKRI is seeking services to support trusted AI adoption in financial, professional and business services. The opportunity is split into three lots: cross-cutting regulation and assurance, financial services, and legal services.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations providing AI governance, regulatory and assurance advisory, financial-services AI expertise, or legal-sector AI adoption support. Specific supplier selection requirements are not stated in the supplied notice data.
Key deliverables
Support trusted AI adoption across financial, professional and business services
Lot 1: Cross-cutting regulation and assurance
Lot 2: Financial services
Lot 3: Legal services
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
8 criteria identified
Service scope
93% confidence
Trusted AI adoption support across financial, professional and business services.
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Opportunity description: "position the UK as a global leader in trusted AI adoption across financial and professional services".
Lot 1 requirement
99% confidence
Cross-cutting regulation and assurance.
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Lot 1 description: "Cross-cutting Regulation and Assurance".
Lot 2 requirement
99% confidence
Financial services.
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Lot 2 description: "Financial Services".
Lot 3 requirement
99% confidence
Legal services.
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Lot 3 description: "Legal Services".
Detailed technical and supplier requirements
98% confidence
Unknown.
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No detailed specification, selection criteria or supplier requirements are included in the supplied data.
Supplier eligibility criteria
98% confidence
Unknown.
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The supplied data contains no stated eligibility, exclusion, economic/financial standing or technical-capacity criteria.
SME suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Process field suitable_for_sme is null.
VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Process field suitable_for_vcse is null.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Total stated maximum value
99% confidence
£800,000.
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Process value_max: 800000 GBP.
Lot 1 value
99% confidence
£200,000.
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Lot 1 value_amount: 200000 GBP.
Lot 2 value
99% confidence
£300,000.
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Lot 2 value_amount: 300000 GBP.
Lot 3 value
99% confidence
£300,000.
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Lot 3 value_amount: 300000 GBP.
Pricing model and payment terms
98% confidence
Unknown.
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No pricing schedule, payment terms or contract terms are included in the supplied data.
Delivery
Delivery geography
99% confidence
United Kingdom.
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Delivery location region: UK; country: United Kingdom.
Contract start and end dates
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
Buyer location
99% confidence
Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
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Buyer location: Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Procurement procedure
99% confidence
Open procedure.
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Process procurement_method_details: "Open procedure".
Notice status
99% confidence
Open tender.
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Process stage: tender; display_status: open; source_status: active.
Publication date
99% confidence
6 October 2026.
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Process published_at: 2026-10-06T13:31:01+01:00.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
5 November 2026, 14:00 UTC.
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Process and each lot submission_deadline: 2026-11-05T14:00:00Z.
Submission method and tender documents
97% confidence
Unknown from supplied data.
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Only the Find a Tender notice URL is supplied; no submission instructions or specification documents are provided.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Limited scope detail
98% confidence
The supplied data does not include a technical specification, required outputs, evaluation criteria or supplier requirements.
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Only a high-level opportunity description and lot titles/descriptions are supplied.
Commercial terms unknown
98% confidence
Pricing mechanism, payment terms, contract duration and contractual conditions are not stated.
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No commercial terms are present; contract start and end dates are null.
Lot bidding rules unknown
97% confidence
It is not stated whether suppliers may bid for one, multiple or all lots.
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The supplied data lists three lots but provides no lot-combination or award rules.
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