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title: "AI Safety Institute Commercial Framework - Early Market Engagement Opportunity"
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# AI Safety Institute Commercial Framework - Early Market Engagement Opportunity

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-safety-institute-commercial-framework-early-market-engagement-opportunity-ocds-h6vhtk-04d030). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial: "AI Safety Institute Commercial Framework - Early Market Engagement Opportunity". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £19,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/desnz-dsit-group-commercial-GB-FTS-114034)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £19,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d030`

## 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-safety-institute-commercial-framework-early-market-engagement-opportunity-ocds-h6vhtk-04d030#tl-md)

## Description
The Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), a directorate of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) intends to create a new multi-supplier Commercial Agreement for the provision of Frontier AI Research Services framework under the new Procurement Act 2023 regulations. 
The purpose of this PIN is to provide advance notice to the market that DSIT is considering undertaking a tender exercise to set up this commercial agreement and would like to invite Suppliers to a virtual early market engagement session on this proposed procurement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** We are keen to hear from Suppliers who provide Frontier AI model evaluations, research, testing, code creation, human studies across the following domains: 
Science (Chemistry and Biology) 
Cyber Misuse 
Red-Teaming and Safeguards 
Criminal Misuse an...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001340-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-15T12:15:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T07:57:11.827Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d030