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# Nexus AI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nexus-ai-ocds-h6vhtk-04e789). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work & Pensions: "Nexus AI". Published status: complete. Published Value: £10,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Published Value:** £10,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software programming and consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £9,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e789`

## 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/nexus-ai-ocds-h6vhtk-04e789#tl-md)

## Description
​The Authority requires a strategic Supplier capable of meeting requirements related to the exploration, deployment, and ongoing support of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and services. These include, but are not limited to: Tech Spikes, Horizon Scans, Proofs of Concept (PoCs), Software Trial Teams, working with colleagues to identify business problems, supply expertise to build Beta MVP products and maintain / support products that have gone Live.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Description:** The Authority is seeking support from subject matter experts in AI to build a deep and continually updated understanding of AI capabilities mapped against DWP’s key business challenges and opportunities. The Authority requires the development and imp...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 060504-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **IBM UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183993`
  - Value: £9,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 060504-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £9,000,000
  - Signed Date: 11/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060504-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-29T12:42:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T23:00:06.373Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e789