Official UK procurement notice
Content Store Contract · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Foundation model AI has the potential to transform education
Foundation model AI has the potential to transform education. The capability of large language models are in part determined by the content that they draw from. Through hackathons with the education sector, we found that standard LLMs weren't aligned with national standards and weren't ready for use in schools.
We believe that there is significant potential value in making education content available in a more appropriate machine-readable format and structure, and encouraging the development of innovative tools based upon this content, in order to improve the performance of AI for education.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jan 2026, 11:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2026, 11:50 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001786- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06029bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
2 Sept 2024 → 9 Jan 2026 · 2 dates- Contract starts2 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published290 days ago9 Jan 2026, 11:50 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty Science Limited | £6,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001786-2026-con_25821-1 · Faculty Science Limited
- Signed
- 9 Aug 2024
- Value
- £6,000,000
- Period
- 2 Sept 2024 – 1 Sept 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Value uplift to the contract, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The contract has been modified to support delivery of new high priority strategic requirements, which necessitate the use of this contract to meet the project timelines.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Faculty Science LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.