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# Conversational AI Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/conversational-ai-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-0547fa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work & Pensions: "Conversational AI Platform". Published status: active. Published Value: £19,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: dwp2.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Published Value:** £19,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 February 2026 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Call centre, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Integrated telecommunications services, Interactive voice response software package
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/conversational-ai-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-0547fa#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0547fa`

## 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/conversational-ai-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-0547fa#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dwp2.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdwp2.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/conversational-ai-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-0547fa#participate

## Description
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ("the Authority") is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy within the UK. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age and disability benefits to around 20 million UK citizens. The Authority is committed to doing everything it can to enhance the overall citizen experience. Citizens contact the Authority wishing to start, validate, change or query their benefit claims.
Citizens calling from within the UK contact the Authority via free of charge Non-Geographic Numbers (“NGNs”) or via web chat when wishing to discuss their individual circumstances with regards to a type of service/benefit they have with the Authority.
NGNs are currently answered by advisors within the Authority’s contact centre, which is the largest platform of its kind across all UK government departments and is one of the largest in Europe. The contact centre managed service ensures that all twenty-seven business groups, spread across around 200 locations, can connect with and support citizens, whilst also offering specialist services such as debt recovery and support for citizens with complex needs.
Conversational AI Platform (“CaiP”) is a natural language call steering (“NLCS”) solution which allows citizens to speak naturally to the platform so it can determine why our citizens are calling. This enables the guiding of the citizen to the most effective outcome, whether that is to the right agent first time or to personalised call deflection and/or self-service offerings. This should enhance the citizen experience and produce operational efficiencies. The CaiP service will integrate with the Authority’s contact centre to help better serve millions of citizens by improving how DWP handles inbound calls, route queries intelligently, and offer self-service options.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48512000, 64227000, 72000000, 79512000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £19,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 05/07/2026 to 05/07/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000007-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-02T09:53:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:03:54.199Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0547fa