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Department for Culture, Media & Sport
What works in AI Adoption within DCMS Sectors
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £1,500,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No deadline statedThe source does not state a submission deadline.
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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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.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
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- 73000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
4 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 27 Jul 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 27 July 2026.
Release 070910-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 27 Jul 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 27 July 2026. Stated change: Title change
Release 070954-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 14 Sep 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 14 September 2026. Stated change: The Market Engagement webinar has now ended. A copy of the presentation is now available within this notice.
Release 086715-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 24 Sep 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 24 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 090755-2026
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06d489
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Thu 1 Oct 2026, 08:14 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 06:09 GMT
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