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003918 - Contract for AI Enabled Reaction Software to support the effective delivery of Subject Access Requests (SARs)

IT services: consulting
software development
Internet and support
+1 more
North East (UKC14)
Published value
£100,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Durham County Council: "003918 - Contract for AI Enabled Reaction Software to support the effective delivery of Subject Access Requests (SARs)". Published status: planning. Published value: £100,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDurham County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£100,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Durham County Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Durham County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
13.4Bids / Report
14.8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
HYMANS ROBERTSON LLPTop vendor: 33.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 417 active published awards; 27 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
HYMANS ROBERTSON LLP1 win£1,200,000
STEADFAST SECURITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED1 win£500,000
JOURNEO PLC1 win£407,821
BS PROJECT SERVICES LIMITED1 win£200,000
SANCTUARY PERSONNEL LIMITED1 win£200,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDurham County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published3 Sept 2026, 13:23 BST
Last source update3 Sept 2026, 13:23 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software package and information systems
Delivery area
North East (UKC14)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f146
What is being bought
Procurement of an AI-enabled redaction solution to support Subject Access Request (SAR) handling. The solution is intended to improve the efficiency, consistency, auditability and resilience of the redaction process, reducing manual effort and supporting the management of complex file types. Any implementation would operate alongside appropriate human oversight, quality assurance and governance controls. Market research indicates that a developing supplier market exists, providing the opportunity for a range of viable solutions. The next stage will involve market engagement to refine requirements, assess supplier capability, develop a detailed specification, and confirm costs, governance arrangements and implementation considerations.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £100,000
    3 Sept 2026, 13:23 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    3 Sept 2026, 13:23 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    3 Sept 2026, 13:23 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    3 Sept 2026, 13:23 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    3 Sept 2026, 13:23 BST
  2. Procedure published
    3 Sept 2026, 13:23 BST
  3. engagement
    18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Participation for this opportunity is via Open E-tendering system which is free to register as a supplier via www.open-uk.org Reference - OPEN20261929 003918 - AI Enabled Redaction Software to Support the Effective Delivery of Subject Access Requests (SARs)
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Durham County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PMPB-8772-VYWM
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published