Official UK procurement notice
AI Safety Guardrails Evaluation
Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: United States (US)
Awarded value£255,600published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Jan 2024no call for competition
Awarded to Trail of Bits
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAI Research - AI Safety Guardrails Evaluation
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AI ResearchAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Jan 2024, 14:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jan 2024, 14:12 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001277- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042d26Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Award of a Contract without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with PCR2015 Regulation 32 (2)(b)(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons. The services can only be supplied by Trail of Bits, Inc. owing to technical reasons.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £255,6001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jan 2024
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trail of BitsSME | £255,600 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001277-2024-1 · Trail of BitsSME
- Signed
- 1 Jan 2024
- Value
- £255,600
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department of Science, Innovation and TechnologyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Trail of BitsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.