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# AISI Research and Evals Partner for Cyber and Autonomous Capabilities of AI Foundation Models

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aisi-research-and-evals-partner-for-cyber-and-autonomous-capabilities-of-ai-foundation-mod-ocds-h6vhtk-055823). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial: "AISI Research and Evals Partner for Cyber and Autonomous Capabilities of AI Foundation Models". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/desnz-dsit-group-commercial-GB-FTS-114034)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £5,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055823`

## 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/aisi-research-and-evals-partner-for-cyber-and-autonomous-capabilities-of-ai-foundation-mod-ocds-h6vhtk-055823#tl-md)

## Description
The Artificial Intelligence Security Institute (AISI) is a directorate within the Department of Science and Innovation Technology mission (DSIT). Its mission is to minimise the surprise to the UK and humanity from rapid and unexpected advances in AI. In pursuit of this objective, it aims to offer vital insights into the capabilities of frontier AI systems by conducting evaluations of frontier models, as well as carrying out research to better understand the risks posed by these models and develop potential mitigations to alleviate these risks.  

        
This contract seeks to support AISI in delivering high quality research and evaluations that will support key decision-makers regarding AI security risks, impacts of those risks, and the appropriate mitigations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** AISI Research and Evals Partner for Cyber and Autonomous Capabilities of AI Foundation Models (active)
  - Award id: `037042-2025-con_7980-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Rethink Priorities UK**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105170`
  - Value: £5,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** AISI Research and Evals Partner for Cyber and Autonomous Capabilities of AI Foundation Models (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,000,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037042-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-03T10:14:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:52:18.182Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055823