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# AI³ Delivery Partners Project - Lot 3: AI Operations

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-delivery-partners-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0589f1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Business & Trade: "AI³ Delivery Partners Project - Lot 3: AI Operations". Published status: complete. Published Value: £9,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uktrade.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Business & Trade](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-business-trade-gov-d1382)
- **Published Value:** £9,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Systems and technical consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £9,000,000 (exc. VAT, 3 awards)
- **Official Documents:** 13 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-delivery-partners-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0589f1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0589f1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-delivery-partners-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0589f1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uktrade.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuktrade.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-delivery-partners-project-ocds-h6vhtk-0589f1#participate

## Description
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 3: AI Operations, consisting of the maintenance, scaling, and operationalisation of AI solutions.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: AI Lab
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72220000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2026 to 31/05/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: AI Factory
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72220000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2026 to 31/05/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: AI Operations
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72220000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/05/2026 to 31/05/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (6)
- **Award:** Lot 1: AI Lab (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **The Dot Collective**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PQNJ-9156-VVJH`
  - Value: £3,000,000
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** Lot 2: AI Factory (active)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **Version 1 Solutions Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-163286`
  - Value: £3,000,000
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** Lot 3: AI Operations (active)
  - Award id: `3`
  - Supplier(s): **CACI LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-182379`
  - Value: £3,000,000
  - Date: 30/07/2026

- **Award:** 4 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Dot Collective**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PQNJ-9156-VVJH`

- **Award:** 5 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Version 1 Solutions Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-163286`

- **Award:** 6 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **CACI LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-182379`

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** 5 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 06/09/2026

- **Contract:** 6 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 02/09/2026

- **Contract:** 4 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F065996-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-29T11:59:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T12:19:00.466Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0589f1