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# AI Scientist Call

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-scientist-call-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc96). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Advanced Research and Invention Agency: "AI Scientist Call". Published status: active. Published Value: £417,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.aria.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Advanced Research and Invention Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/advanced-research-and-invention-agency-gov-pb1364)
- **Published Value:** £417,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 November 2025 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-scientist-call-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc96#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05cc96`

## 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-scientist-call-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc96#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [aria.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aria.org.uk%2Fai-scientist%2Ffunding)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ai-scientist-call-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc96#participate

## Description
To help guide and shape how ARIA thinks about AI Scientists, we are inviting proposals for a series of short exploratory projects, to be undertaken using AI Scientists. We are specifically looking for AI systems that are able to perform the full end-to-end workflow of scientific knowledge creation.  This call will be backed by up to £3M and targets awards of up to £500K with a maximum duration of 9 months

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73110000

- **Estimated Value:** £417,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2026 to 30/09/2026

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F065310-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-14T15:05:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T16:51:20.177Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05cc96