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title: "GOV.UK Agentic AI Companion"
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# GOV.UK Agentic AI Companion

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gov-uk-agentic-ai-companion-ocds-h6vhtk-04f85e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: "GOV.UK Agentic AI Companion". Published status: active. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Science, Innovation & Technology](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-science-innovation-technology-gov-d1381)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 September 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gov-uk-agentic-ai-companion-ocds-h6vhtk-04f85e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04f85e`

## 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/gov-uk-agentic-ai-companion-ocds-h6vhtk-04f85e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com%2Fesop%2Fogc-host%2Fpublic%2Fbeisgroup%2Fweb%2Flogin.jst%3FVISITORID%3D619d5bd8-4497-46b1-8857-acf167707cd7%26_ncp%3D1753451617666.2033977-1)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gov-uk-agentic-ai-companion-ocds-h6vhtk-04f85e#participate

## Description
The UK government prioritises leveraging emerging technologies like AI to drive innovation in public services, as outlined in the AI Opportunities Action Plan's "Scan, Pilot, Scale" framework.  
GDS are looking to appoint suitable organisations to support the development and piloting of an agentic-AI-powered virtual companion, GOV.UK Companion, integrated with the GOV.UK App to provide tailored guidance to users for major life events, with an initial focus on the “(re)entering the workforce” life event.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72222300
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2025 to 01/10/2026
- **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%2F049633-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-18T15:53:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T20:15:39.951Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04f85e