planningFind a Tender · planning Update

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transformation Partner

BuyerGateshead Borough Council

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

Value£5,000,000

Published16 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Gateshead Council is scoping requirements and looking for expressions of interest from suppliers for a multi year contract for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transformation Partner. This partner would work with the Council to provide innovative opportunities for applying AI in the daily operations of the Council to deliver savings, reduce costs and improve services to residents.

Delivery location

UKC22, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 1 Jun 2026 to 31 May 2031

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Software package and information systems, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 48	2,576	1 median · 6.1 average (785 of 2,576 with a bid count)	1.5 average (851 of 2,576 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	0	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKC22	8	1 median · 2.3 average (7 of 8 with a bid count)	1 average (7 of 8 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	187	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
The Council has issued a questionnaire that can be downloaded via the OPEN tender portal, https://www.open-uk.org/opportunities. Interested suppliers will need to register on the portal for access to the questionnaire. Follow up 1-2-1 meetings will be arranged with suppliers who submit completed questionnaires.	engagement	23 Jan 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-0603c1
Latest release ID	003756-2026
Latest release timestamp	Fri Jan 16 2026 10:14:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£5,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
16 Jan 2026	planningUpdate	003756-2026
12 Jan 2026	planning	002296-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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