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The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System for Artificial Intelligence DPS

IT ServicesCPV 72262000

Value£200.0m

Deadline4 Nov 2026

Published17 Jul 2024

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 17 Jul 202469 days leftCloses 4 Nov 2026

Who to contact

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

+44 3454102222

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£200.0mtotal contract value

median £120k

this tender£0£216.0m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service publishes IT Services work continuously — 23 notices, roughly one every 58 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

67% of The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Crown Commercial Service has set up a Dynamic Purchasing System for the supply of artificial intelligence services.

Crown Commercial Service is inviting suppliers to request to participate in the Artificial Intelligence DPS.

This DPS offers a simple route to purchase artificial intelligence services in the public sector, allowing customers to access a wide range of competition in an emerging market, including discovery and consultancy services, licencing, customisation and support for AI applications, and end-to-end partnerships.

If you are successfully appointed to the DPS following your submission you will be invited by customers (buyers) to submit tenders for relevant services through a call for competition.

This DPS remains open for any supplier to request to participate throughout the duration of the DPS.

CCS reserves the right to reduce, extend or terminate the DPS period at any time during its lifetime in accordance with the terms set out in the DPS contract.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

Crown Commercial Service has set up

Crown Commercial Service has set up a Dynamic Purchasing System for the supply of artificial intelligence services.

This DPS offers a simple route

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market

Crown Commercial Service has set up a Dynamic Purchasing System for the supply of artificial intelligence services.

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market

Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System for Artificial Intelligence DPS

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What it takes to bid this

45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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