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title: "What works in AI Adoption within DCMS Sectors"
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# What works in AI Adoption within DCMS Sectors

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/what-works-in-ai-adoption-within-dcms-sectors-ocds-h6vhtk-06d489). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Culture, Media and Sport: "What works in AI Adoption within DCMS Sectors". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: dcms.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Culture, Media and Sport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-culture-media-and-sport-GB-PPON-PJGD-5581-JPGD)
- **Published Value:** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 October 2026 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/what-works-in-ai-adoption-within-dcms-sectors-ocds-h6vhtk-06d489#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06d489`

## 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/what-works-in-ai-adoption-within-dcms-sectors-ocds-h6vhtk-06d489#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dcms.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdcms.my.site.com%2Flogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/what-works-in-ai-adoption-within-dcms-sectors-ocds-h6vhtk-06d489#participate

## Description
Full information is provided within the specification. 
DCMS are seeking to commission "what works" research into the impact and effectiveness of AI adoption interventions within DCMS sectors. We are interested in two broad sets of questions. The first is analysis of how businesses within DCMS sectors that are in the process of adopting AI achieve this, the challenges they face and the opportunities and benefits realised. We anticipate this will be explored through an ethnographic study that observes how individuals and teams actually use AI tools in their jobs. The second set of questions is what policy interventions work best to support businesses that wish to adopt AI, which we anticipate will be answered by testing hypothetical interventions through randomised control trials (RCTs). Bidders will be able to propose alternative methodologies if they think they suit these questions better; the core need for this project is to produce direct, robust evidence of what works, as opposed to what is self-reported (e.g. through interviews, focus groups, surveys, and similar) to work.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 12/02/2027 to 11/02/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F090755-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-24T16:17:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T17:52:47.340Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06d489