Justification · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£63,543published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 2 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to saferAI

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Commissioned Review of AISI’s Risk Assessment Methodologies

CPV: Computer-related professional services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 2 Oct 2025, 11:52 BST
Last source update: 2 Oct 2025, 11:52 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-061634
Classification (CPV): Computer-related professional services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05a691 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: absence of competition for technical reason

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £63,5431 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 2 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
saferAISME	£63,543 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 061634-2025-1 · saferAISME
Signed
2 Oct 2025
Value
£63,543
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
Commissioned Review of AISI’s Risk Assessment Methodologies	1bids	—	—	—
Whole notice	—	—	—	£63,543 – £64,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services London, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

DSITReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

saferAIAwarded supplier Paris, FR

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.