RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Provision of Strategic Consultancy for the Frontier AI Exemplar Programme

IT ServicesCPV 72222000 79400000
Value£200,000
Awarded15 May 2025
Published8 Jul 2025
RegionLondon

£200,000 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£200ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), on behalf of the Government Digital Service (GDS), has awarded a contract to a a consultancy supplier with a strong understanding of the frontier AI landscape and experience in shaping cross-government transformation strategies.

The requirement is to deliver an overarching strategy which will provide time-bound outputs to inform implementation and adoption of AI across the public sector.

The procurement route followed was a further competition under the Crown Commercial Services RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework Three (MCF3) Lot 2 - Strategy and Policy.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), on behalf of the Government Digital Service (GDS), has awarded a contract to a a consultancy supplier with a strong understanding of the frontier AI landscape and experience in shaping cross-government transformation strategies.

02

The requirement is to deliver an overarching

The requirement is to deliver an overarching strategy which will provide time-bound outputs to inform implementation and adoption of AI across the public sector.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
The procurement route followed was a further competition under the Crown Commercial Services RM6187 Management Consultancy Framework Three (MCF3) Lot 2 - Strategy and Policy.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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